Demolished care home to be rebuilt despite town council objections
A care home that had to be demolished in a South Shropshire town is to be rebuilt after council planners dismissed concerns from the local town council.
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The latest proposal from Cleobury Holdings Ltd is for a 58-bedroom site to the north of Cleobury Mortimer High Street, which includes staff rooms and space for 22 cars, came before planners at Shropshire Council on Tuesday night.
A previous application for a 75-bedroom home was turned down in October 2023 due to the impact to residential amenity, the lack of open space, and parking concerns.
It came on the back of a 58-bedroom home demolished in 2022 “following findings that the building was not constructed in accordance with the required regulations”.
However, Cleobury Mortimer Town Council and Councillor Gwilym Butler, the ward member for the town had both objected to the revised plans to build a new care home on the plot.
“I’m concerned that the scheme is an overdevelopment of the site and the private amenity space of all neighbouring residential properties will be greatly challenged with the volume of windows directly looking into their properties,” said Councillor Butler.
“I’m also concerned that there is insufficient parking as Cleobury Mortimer has very little public transport. This will result in staff having to park in local residential streets and car parks already under pressure.”
However, chair of Shropshire Council's Southern Planning Committee, Councillor David Evans, said the parking situation was “not bad” and was comparable to other care homes.
The proposals were approved unanimously by councillors.
