CALDERSTONES bosses have unveiled plans to build a 25-bed extension.
The unit would house low secure patients, mainly men, at the mental health hospital in Whalley.
Bosses said the patients would be transferred from ‘unsuitable accommodation’ in Chestnut Drive on the site.
A spokesperson said: “Future proposals for the building on Chestnut Drive will be submitted in due course, which will be the last major stage of modernising the hospital.
“This current application does not increase the occupancy of the hospital, but will facilitate one further potential redevelopment of redundant buildings on Chestnut Drive which will be vacated on completion of this project."
The building, which is called Maplewood Phase 2, is part of an ongoing project.
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