REFRESHED plans to build a surgery and pharmacy in the town centre will be unveiled next month.

Braintree Council will showcase its plans for Manor Street behind the Town Hall during a public exhibition on June 15.

At the event the council will unveil its latest thinking and concept proposals, which include a surgery to replace the existing Mount Chambers, a pharmacy, a new bus interchange and restaurants.

In July last year Braintree Council announced it will to pour £11.5million into the former bus park after developer Henry Boot failed to agree terms.

Mount Chambers, which has 13,900 patients, has been campaigning for new facilities for more than ten years.

The surgery has outgrown its current building behind Coggeshall Road and has, on occasion, had to use converted broom cupboards to treat patients.

The public exhibition, to be held from 3pm until 7pm at the Town Hall, will be the first chance for residents to see the latest designs from architects AHR.

Following the exhibition, a paper will go to a meeting of the council’s Cabinet in the Autumn, to agree investment in the project.

From there it is expected that a planning application will be submitted by the end of the year