Bolingbroke Hospital should be demolished, the borough's health authority has advised.

Wandsworth's Primary Care Trust (PCT) made the suggestion at a board meeting yesterday when it presented its preferred option for the future of healthcare in north Wandsworth. It followed a public consultation in which 80 per cent of people responding said the Bolingbroke should be refurbished and used for future treatment.

In a draft report making the case for the closure, the PCT said it would build a new centre in Grant Road, next to Clapham Junction.

The report said: "It should be noted that the development is likely to lead to the demolition of the Bolingbroke Hospital, which will resurrect strong feelings amongst the Bolingbroke supporters and some local residents."

As well as refurbishing the Bridge Lane Health Centre, the report suggests not redeveloping the Bolingbroke site, which is owned by St George's Hospital Trust, until at least 2015, adding to fears it will be sold to developers in the interim.

Peter Dawson, Northcote Ward councillor, said: "I am very disappointed the PCT's proposals fail to deliver on the need for two primary care facilities, one at the Bolingbroke and one in north Battersea.

"The PCT board report seems to confirm the ongoing determination of local health trusts to transfer permanently all services from the Bolingbroke, demolish the building and sell the site to developers.

"This flies in the face of the wishes of local people. Almost 80 per cent in the PCT's own consultation backed the Bolingbroke as their preferred location for a new primary care centre."