Plans for a new building at Hull Royal Infirmary

IT WOULD BE LOCATED NEXT TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

- By ANDREW SPENCE

A NEW four-storey building could be constructed at Hull Royal Infirmary. The proposed block would include a discharge lounge and well-being suite.

The planning application, which has been submitted to Hull City Council on behalf of the Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, seeks permission for a new four-storey office and theatre recovery block.

The new facility would be built next to the Women's and Children's Hospital, in Lansdowne Street.

Planning documents explain that the trust contacted Hull City Council to discuss the proposals and to seek pre-application advice. It is said that the scheme was "generally well accepted by the council".

Across the four storeys, the building would house a number of facilities. These are as follows:

■Discharge lounge

■Mixture of open-plan and cellular office type accommodation with some meeting rooms and break out space

■A well-being suite

■A rooftop plant room.