Cityside puts in for 74-bed care home

Catering to those with dementia and in need of nursing care, Sparth House would help meet a growing need for facilities for the elderly in the borough.

BCAE Architects designed the scheme, which would sit off Manchester Road in Rochdale. It would comprise 21 dementia care beds, 48 nursing bedrooms, and five respite bedrooms to provide caregivers a break. The rooms would be spread across a four-storey, H-shaped block.

On-site amenities would include communal lounges, café, prayer room, reception, and dining area. There would also be roof terraces, under the plans submitted by Mosaic Town Planning on Cityside’s behalf.

There would be two parking areas on the site. The front one would consist of 13 parking bays, including three designated for those with disabilities. The second parking area would have two EV charging spaces.

Encouraging active travel, there would 24 cycle spaces and six mobility scooter ones.

Sparth House would be managed by Parklands Care/Arm Around Care Group, which also operates care homes in Preston.

Mosaic’s planning statement states that Rochdale needs an additional 160 nursing beds by 2044. This project, it pointed out, would help the area reach that number.

In addition to Mosaic and BCAE, the project team includes Urban Green, Redmore Environmental, DaySun Solutions, NOVO Integration, E3P, i-Transport, EnviroSolution, Tyrer Ecological Consultants, and RJP Consulting.

Learn more about the project by searching reference number 25/00621/FUL on Rochdale Council’s planning portal.