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PLANS to turn the former Sue Ryder hospice at Nettlebed into flats have been approved more than six years after they were drawn up.
The charity, which closed its inpatient unit at Joyce Grove in March last year, applied for permission for the conversion in February 2015.
Now South Oxfordshire District Council, the planning authority, has given consent as long as a footpath running along the northern edge of the site remains open to the public.
Sue Ryder has moved its outpatient services to a palliative care “hub” at Battle Barns, near Crowmarsh, along with a telephone support line which can arrange “hospice at home” visits by medical staff.