The plans for the new Ilam Health centre, which will consolidate multiple health services on Memorial Ave has been approved.

A new health centre in the Christchurch suburb of  Ilam has been given the green light.

Resource consent has been granted for the new multi-storey health centre on Memorial Ave.

Doctors, physiotherapy, podiatry, mental health services, a pharmacy and gift shop are earmarked for the complex which will be called Ilam Health.

The new centre will be 1267 sq m in total on two levels, with 46 car parking spaces and nine cycle parking spaces.

It is predicted the centre will generate more than 940 vehicles movements per day at the site on Memorial Ave near Ilam Rd.

Ilam Health will be open 7am-9pm seven days a week, and may request additional consent to be open for a 24-hour surgery in the future.

The medical centre will increase from nine clinical spaces to 16, meaning there will be six doctors on hand.

Pegasus Health has endorsed the clinic on the basis that population growth in the north of the city has put pressure on many practices, meaning they are no longer taking new patients.

"This includes Ilam Medical Centre and has resulted in patients having to travel further for health care. The expansion of Ilam Medical Centre to larger rooms as part of Ilam Health will aid in alleviating this issue," a Pegasus Health spokeswoman said.

Neighbouring residents raised some concerns over the size of the proposal, causing adverse effects on the residential character of the area, but hearings panel commissioner Justine Ashley disagreed.

"While the proposal is substantial, it is able to be absorbed into the mixed character of the receiving environment, which retaining a high-quality residential amenity," the commissioner's report said.

Pegasus health said its goal for the future is that primary health care services are moving in the direction of more integration, bringing together a number of services within one complex.

It is expected construction will begin on Ilam Health next year.