Welshpool sheltered housing approved
Sheltered accommodation for people with learning disabilities will be built in a Mid Wales town after being passed by councillors.
Wales and West Housing Association lodged a planning application with Powys County Council to build eight sheltered bungalows and a staffing unit on land off Foundry Lane in Welshpool.
Planners at the council had proposed that the application be accepted by councillors and be given conditional planning consent.
The proposed site near to the Montgomery Canal has been left unused for some time and is allocated within the Powys Unitary Development Plan for housing, and is proposed to accommodate 10 dwellings.
The application includes the housing, along with formation of vehicular access and roadway, parking and all associated works.
The scheme will comprise two homes to be for independent living and six for assisted living, for individuals with learning difficulties. Residents will receive care from staff within their own homes with staff accommodation to be place on site.
A site notice was put up and in the time it was in place no objections were received to the proposed development.
Welshpool Town Council supported the application and said: “The council is keen to support affordable housing and for local needs wherever possible.”
Within the planning report, officers said there is a sufficient separation distance between the proposed dwellings and existing dwellings to the east and south of the site.
The recommendation in the report from the planning department report said: “Having carefully considered the proposed development, cfficers consider that the proposal complies with planning policy.
“There are no concerns regarding highways access, ecology or from land drainage and therefore the recommendation is one of conditional consent.”
