Health centre plan for 'blighted' area

ABANDONED SCOUT HUT HAS BECOME HUB FOR ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR IN COMMUNITY

- By EDWARD BARNES

The outside of the proposed new health centre, and (below) how the interior would look

AN abandoned scout hut that has become a “blight” on its community and a hub for antisocial behaviour could soon be knocked down.

A planning application has been submitted by the Paxton Medical Group to demolish the closed scout hut, as well as the land around it on Fender Way, to make way for a new medical centre on the Beechwood estate in Wirral.

Paxton Medical Group is a collection of several GP practices in and around north Birkenhead. Clinical director Dr David Baker previously said: “As with many communities, there are no quick fixes, but I believe if people see investment, if they can see new life in their community, they will come together and change their community from within.