Scartho Medical Centre

The £4.5 million development had been designed with the concept of a centralised core, ‘the heart’ – an internal bright and welcoming courtyard forming the reception, waiting area and circulation hub for the scheme. The central core maximises the efficiency of the floor plans and minimises circulation routes. Allowing for future expansion, the proposal embraces the principles of sustainable development and is designed upon the basis of efficient whole life costing.

The Brief

To design, build and finance a 2780m2 primary care centre for a growing GP practice to house:

What We Did

We identified that the Scartho Village Community Centre site, located directly behind the GP surgery, offered the space needed for a modern multi-purpose primary care facility, and brokered a land swap with the council, community centre trustees and GPs to unlock it. Working with QAD Architects, Spring and Co, Lindum Construction and Ward Cole, we managed a genuinely complex build, navigating restrictive covenants in a conservation area, changing stakeholders mid-build and a shift in building location within the site, all without losing momentum. We also temporarily rehoused the community centre throughout the build, ensuring no disruption to the community it served.

The Outcome

The £4.5 million development delivered two purpose-built buildings that together strengthened rather than disrupted the fabric of village life, with both structures designed to complement each other architecturally. The medical centre was built around the innovative concept of a centralised courtyard core, a bright, welcoming reception and circulation hub that makes patient navigation intuitive and efficient. Designed around sustainable whole-life costing principles and with built-in capacity for expansion, it is a flagship example of community-centred healthcare development done right.