New care home plan revealed for Newport next to pub, hotel and garden centre
A plan has been lodged for a new 74-bed care home on the outskirts of Newport.
Barcroft Estates in Bromsgrove has applied for planning permission from Telford & Wrekin Council and a public consultation exercise has now opened.
The site it would sit on is 0.77 hectares in size and next to a Premier Inn Hotel, The Three Fishes pub-restaurant and Mere Park Garden Centre off the A41, off Stafford Road.
The proposed new home will provide a range of specialist care for the elderly which includes provision for those that require residential support or nursing/dementia care, in a modern purpose-built environment.
In supporting documents submitted to council planners, the applicants agents say: "All residents will benefit from communal amenity and comforting landscaped spaces, with all residents having access into the semi-private garden spaces.
"The proposed care home will also provide significant employment opportunities for local people."
They add that there is a need for specialist accommodation designed to meet the needs of older people in Newport.
"It represents a carefully considered scheme that makes efficient use of the site," they said.
"It has been established that there is a continued demand to accommodate vulnerable older people requiring nursing and dementia care in the local area as well as an emerging demand to provide a supportive environment where care is needed."
The application is open to public consultation on the Telford & Wrekin Council planning website with the reference number TWC/2024/0770.
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