A multi-million pound brain injury nursing clinic is to be built on the outskirts of North Baddesley.

This is the first artist’s impression of the 12-bed home which is likely to create 30 full-time nursing and support worker jobs in the area.

The centre at Kingfisher House in Rownhams Lane will cater for people who have suffered brain injury after birth, for example through road accidents, severe infections, stroke, disease, tumour or aneurysm.

It will be managed by private healthcare provider Dolphin Care Limited and will be aimed at people who have suffered significant brain damage to help their recovery and rehabilitation.

It comes less than two months after plans were given the go-ahead to build a Circle Health priv7ate hospital at Adanac Park, which promises to create more than 400 jobs and inject up to £70m of investment into the local economy. Outline plans for North Baddesley, which were given the go-ahead by Test Valley Borough Council officers under delegated powers, include a two-storey building and 11 parking spaces.

Rachel Lamb, a senior planner in the Southampton office of planning and urban design consultancy Turley Associates, said: “We are delighted with this decision. The closest specialist brain injury unit is in Wiltshire and there is a real need for a dedicated clinic in the county.”

A spokesman for Dolphin Care Limited said that North Baddesley was chosen specifically for its rural setting to help create a “peaceful and stress free environment” for the residents while also having good road links.

Construction is expected to start in April 2012 with the clinic open by December, 2012.