The preferred site to built a £1.8 billion replaced meant for Frimley Park Hospital has been confirmed by the NHS Trust responsible following months of speculation.
The preferred location for the rebuild is on land currently occupied by Pine Ridge Golf Club at the Frimley Fuel Allotments, but the proposed site has left the Surrey MP for the area concerned and saying it is “the wrong site”.
It has been known that a new site was being chosen for months with rumours being discussed in the community but, until now, Frimley Health NHS Trust had been under strict commercial confidentiality and was not able to reveal its chosen location for a new 800-bed hospital.
MP for Surrey Heath, Dr Al Pinkerton has told SurreyLive that building a hospital at the fuel allotments site would lead to “multiple generations-worth of challenges”, claiming that such a development would put “huge pressure” on the villages and communities in the area.
As part of the Trust’s plans, “most” outpatient, diagnostic and community appointments will remain at the existing hospital on Portsmouth Road(Image: Chris Whiteoak)
The existing Frimley Park Hospital has been described by the Trust as “reaching the end of its life”, having been built with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in 1974. In August 2025, the Government granted £1.5 billion to the NHS Trust for the rebuild.
Speaking following the announcement, Caroline Hutton, Frimley Health NHS Trust Deputy Chief Executive and Senior Responsible Officer for the hospital rebuild told the public:
“This proposal is more than just building a hospital. It’s an opportunity to create a legacy and transform local healthcare services, and it is fully aligned to the NHS 10-year plan for health, including working with health and care partners to provide more care closer to home and in our communities.
“We are working collaboratively with the national New Hospital Programme, NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board and our partners across the system.
“We are grateful for all the input and support we have received in reaching this milestone and we look forward to engaging with our communities to help shape local care together.
The NHS Trust has announced its preferred location for the new hospital as a site in Pine Ridge Golf Club in the Frimley Fuel Allotments (roughly highlighted with the red circle)(Image: Google)
“We’d also like to thank the Trustees of Frimley Fuel Allotments for their constructive engagement throughout this process. As custodians of the land, they have worked closely and patiently with all parties, under a confidentiality agreement, to help us explore the potential for a new hospital that could bring significant, lasting benefits to local communities.”
Describing its plans for the redevelopment, the NHS Trust explained that the new hospital would provide modern emergency, inpatient and maternity care in a purpose built setting on the site of the Pine Ridge Golf Club on Old Bisley Road.
The Trust also plans to keep “most” outpatient, diagnostic and community appointments at the existing Frimley Park site on Portsmouth Road.
This would be in sections of the hospital not impacted by RAAC, and would work alongside the trust’s Community Diagnostic Centre which opened in Slough in March 2025.
As the majority of hospital visits are for these types of appointments, the Trust believes that separating services between the new and existing hospital would help “keep travel disruption to a minimum and reduces pressure on local roads”.
The Trust’s proposed location for the new hospital is part of the land currently occupied by Pine Ridge Golf Club, which is owned by charity Frimley Fuel Allotments.
The total size of the land owned by Frimley Fuel Allotments is approximately 265 acres, with the Trust saying it plans to acquire 55 acres of this for a new hospital.
Dr Al Pinkerton, MP for Surrey Heath(Image: Surrey Heath Lib Dems)
Dr Al Pinkerton, Surrey Heath MP has made his objections to the proposals clear. In light of the announcement, the MP explained:
“I have opposed it from the moment I first heard it was being considered. We need a new hospital, but the Frimley Fuel Allotments is the wrong site, in the wrong place, and without adequate infrastructure upgrades for its effective delivery.
“This proposal risks the loss of precious green space, huge pressure on already strained local roads, serious disruption around nearby schools, and major unanswered questions about access, environmental impact and value for money.
Continuing, the MP told SurreyLive: “The Frimley Fuel Allotments (site) has all of the problems the current site has but makes them ten times worse.
“You’re going to have the hospital that’s going to be catering to people in Aldershot and Farnborough and North East Hampshire and Bracknell.
“So you’re going to be dragging those patients past the current hospital and taking them past five well-attended schools, along single carriageway roads.
“(The proposed hospital) is going to be utterly inaccessible. Adding to the fact that there’s going to be the new A&E at this new site, you’ll have ambulances using the roads as well; coming into potential conflict with school children.
Frimley Fuel Allotments land, near the Pine Ridge Golf Club (pictured) is rumoured to be the site for construction of the new 800-bed hospital(Image: Google)
“People are up in arms because if anyone knows this area, if anyone’s driven on these roads or tried to get their kids to school, they will foresee all of the issues that I’ve been raising.”
In December 2025, the Heatherside Ward Residents Association, who are located close proposed site, launched a petition titled ‘Protect the Frimley Fuel Allotments from development’, to date, this petition has over 11,500 signatures.
The MP continued: “It does not take a genius to see that this is going to be an absolute blight to this area, not just during the building process, but for years and years to come.
“I think my primary objection is that all of the challenges, all of these problems, are entirely foreseeable.
“And yet, we seem to be stuck in this inexorable process where we’re just rolling ever closer to a point in time where we can’t go back. I think that’s so regrettable because there is an opportunity to think again.
“I can’t with good conscience be silent on this point because I think this is going to have multiple generations-worth of challenges. But we have an opportunity to get that right now.”
The Frimley Health NHS Trust has boasted of the support its proposals have received on a national scale, with the Minister of State for Health, Karin Smyth MP saying:
“It’s great to see Frimley Park moving a step closer, with a proposed site now identified for the new hospital. This is an important milestone in delivering a modern, state-of-the-art facility for local people, and the trust will now be working closely with the community as plans take shape.
“We inherited crumbling hospitals that were not fit for purpose, including those built using dangerous RAAC material. Projects like this demonstrate the real change being delivered by the government’s record investment as we rebuild the NHS.
“There is more work ahead, but this important milestone in our New Hospital Programme shows this government is turning the tide on decades of underfunding to build a healthcare system fit for the future.”
The Frimley Health NHS Trust is yet to submit a formal planning application for its proposals at the Frimley Fuel Allotments. This means the current proposals could be subject to change.
The Trust has said that feedback from the public will help shape future proposals before any final official decisions are made.
The Trust is working in partnership with Thames Valley Integrated Care Board (ICB) to launch a programme of public engagement so that patients, staff, partners and local residents can understand the proposals and share their views.
This is set to include public meetings, surveys, focus groups and targeted work with people who live near the proposed site. The Trust has said that independent specialists and Opinion Research Services are supporting this work to ensure it is inclusive and meaningful.