New 80 bed care home near Gloucester Quays could create 135 jobs
PLANS have been drawn up to build an 80 bed care home on derelict land in Gloucester, creating 135 jobs.
A planning application has been submitted by Markey Developments for a four-storey care home for dementia sufferers to be built on the corner of Southgate Street and Trier Way, opposite Gloucester Quays outlet and the Travelodge.
As well as the care bedrooms on the site, which covers an area of approximately 3,000m², there will be 13 assisted-living apartments and three shops. In total, 65 full-time and 70 part-time jobs will be created should the proposals be accepted.
A spokesman for architects Williamson Associates Limited said: "This proposal offers social, economic and environmental benefits that are much needed in Gloucester, and which will provide a significant number of secure long-term jobs at various professional and non-professional levels.
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"It will provide appropriate accommodation for the growing proportion of older people within Gloucester and, in particular, for the specific needs of those with dementia as well as producing benefits for the wider community."
The building has been designed to reflect the context of the area, using traditional materials.
Paul James, leader of Gloucester City Council, welcomed the plans and said: "This is greatly needed in the city and it is quite exciting. It will tidy up that corner too. The developers have been talking to people in the area to get their views which is great."
In a public consultation on the care home, 102 people had their say and all but one supported the scheme.
Councillor Andrew Gravells, Gloucestershire County Council cabinet member for health and wellbeing, said: "With the increasing number of people developing dementia in Gloucestershire, we have a growing need for quality services to meet their needs."
8 Comments
by tishwash
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 6:23PM
“what with new Cheltenham care homes going under, including newly built properties, so I'm sure there is room for another competitor.”
by tishwash
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 6:16PM
“what with new Cheltenham care homes going under (including newly built properties) I'm sure there's room for another competitor.”
by tishwash
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 6:12PM
“what with new Cheltenham care homes going under (including newly built properties) I'm sure there's room for another competitor.”
by tishwash
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 6:12PM
“what with new Cheltenham care homes going under (including newly built properties) I'm sure there's room for another competitor.”
by thomas1996
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 5:02PM
“Strange place to want to retire to.... right next to a noisy main road junction and near all those cheap Indian restaurants, yuck!
I like the newly-built retirement complex in Painswick, off the main road and just a short walk into a lovely town.”
by Matt1006
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 11:08AM
“Well I suppose it's good to see proposals to redevelop another long-empty site, but is a care home really the best use of this site? Adjacent to major retail / leisure developments, with potentially more a stone's throw away once Bakers Quay gets sorted out?
I'm not questioning the need for this kind of care home, but not sure this location is the best spot for it, and vice versa.”
by geraint2010
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 10:48AM
“If, God forbid, I have to end my days in one of these hideous places I would much prefer a rural setting. But as the lot of most dementia sufferers, in our noble "caring" country is sitting around a day room all day - locked away from the outside world while waiting to die - I guess location doesn't really matter does it?”
by TimMessanger
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 9:47AM
“The night shelter closes and now people are submitting plans for development in the area, good on them! Next Ikea at the Peel Centre (old cinema et al).”