Hammersmith's Ravenscourt Hospital gets housing planning approval

Empty hospital used for films to become housing Proposals to turn a Grade II-listed former hospital in west London into housing have been approved. The Ravenscourt Park Hospital site will be converted into 140 new homes and a 65-bed care home. The hospital in Hammersmith was first opened as the Royal Masonic Hospital in 1933, but has been vacant - aside from intermittent use as a film set - since 2006. The developer, TT Group, has promised community spaces and preservation of the building's Art Deco style; however, only 21...