Rochdale tips dementia care home for consent
Cityside’s 74-bed redevelopment of 183 Manchester Road west of the town centre is set to progress next week.
Rochdale Council planning officers have recommended the four-storey Sparth House development for approval when its planning committee meets next Monday.
BCAE Architects designed the scheme, which would comprise 21 dementia care beds, 48 nursing bedrooms, and five respite bedrooms to provide caregivers a break.
A planning report prepared by the council states that Cityside’s development would “provide much-needed care facilities [and] would be beneficial in terms of meeting the borough’s needs for care provision”.
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.
Sparth House would be managed by Parklands Care/Arm Around Care Group, which also operates care homes in Preston.
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.
It’s nice to see a care home, not in the standard low quality white render and actually proposed in a high quality brick, with details!! Hopefully they are not VE’d out by the contractor. Good Luck!
By Anonymous
It’s great to see investment in Rochdale, especially in the current climate, hats off to the guys many have tried there and failed.
By Anonymous
Scheme looks good! more of this please.
By Anonymous
This is far too big for the plot there is not enough parking spaces and not enough green space for the residents plus all the delivery and family vehicles that will be going into the place.
By Anonymous
I fail to see how a care home can be safely run with 3 upper levels. In the event of an emergency, when lifts are not allowed to be used, how on earth can disabled residents be safely led down stairs. Apparently, there has been mention of only 13 staff. Under health and safety regulations this building, if allowed to go ahead, should be no more than 2 storeys maximum.
By Anonymous
This facility is much needed in Rochdale. Council doing the right thing.
By Anonymous
Rochdale urgently needs more care homes – get it built. No to NIMBYs !
By Anonymous