The potential health benefits of a new hospital in Peterborough would outweigh traffic concerns about the plans, according to a council officer.

Peterborough City Council's planning committee will meet on Tuesday, October 21, where they will be recommended to approve planning permission for a new medical facility in Thorpe Wood.

The proposed facility, which would be named Thorpe Wood Hospital, would serve as an extension to Fitzwilliam Hospital on Milton Way, South Bretton.

Planning documents stated: "Due to increased demand and lack of capacity in the area, this investment is seen as being important and intrinsic to reducing the continued increase in patient waiting times and deferred treatment and diagnostic services in the community."

The nearby Fitzwilliam Hospital has "reached ca

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