Liberty, McCarthy Stone team up in Bollington
A care and retirement living scheme comprising 115 homes on the SMC Euroclamp site off Albert Road is the proposal from the development duo.
Liberty Care Developments and retirement living developer McCarthy Stone have teamed up to work up plans for the 2.5-acre Bollington site.
The plans propose a linked development featuring 75 ensuite care bedrooms and 40 retirement apartments. Of these apartments, 26 would have one bedroom and 14 would have two.
“The scheme has been designed so whilst the two elements complement and interact with each other, creating a wider community, they are also distinct and can operate separately,” according to a planning statement prepared by AshtonHale.
SMC Euroclamp’s existing buildings on the site would be demolished to make way for the two-block scheme, which has shrunk from a total of 145 units to 115 following design development.
The retirement living block would rise to three storeys and would be located to the rear of the site. The care home would front Albert Road and reach 2.5 storeys at its highest point. A village green is proposed between the two buildings and 31 parking spaces are planned to the west of the site.
C Squared Architects is advising on design. To learn more, search for reference number 26/2249/FUL on Cheshire East Council’s planning portal.
Do people still want M&S homes? I suppose there are always people willing to be easily parted from their money…
By Old Codger
Until the management fees are linked to CPI, I doubt any sane person would touch them with a barge poll
By Anon
These flats are not needed. There are many on other local sites unsold and when the occupant dies the next of kin cannot sell them. But have to keep paying costs and expenses. Not a viable investment and not need in Bollington. Especially opposite a school.
By Brian Leighton
Wasn’t this land originally government and British gas owned
By Eric