A PROPOSAL to build a new £3.7 million GP surgery on a field in Minchinhampton has divided opinion in the town. The plans, to replace Minchinhampton Surgery’s existing site in Bell Lane, with a new purpose built facility on Vosper Field in Cirencester Road, have been submitted to Stroud District Council. So far, the council has received 87 public comments on the plans, with 45 objections, and 42 declarations of support for the project. Some residents are saying that the plans should be rejected because the proposed surgery site is outside of the Minchinhampton defined settlement development boundary, is within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and will have a detrimental impact on the environment.