Unanimous approval for Stockport retirement complex
McCarthy Stone can now progress with its plans to deliver 54 specialist apartments at Trinity Gardens in Davenport in order to address the “critical need” for such housing in the borough.
Stockport Council has unanimously approved the retirement complex, which will provide 32 one- and 22 two-bedroom flats, all equipped with an emergency helpline and accessible by lift.
Drawn up by The Design Collective Architects, proposals will see the demolition of the 9,400 sq ft Trinity Methodist Church and 2,300 sq ft scouts hut on site to make way for the development off Bramhall Lane.
In terms of amenities, residents will have access to a residents’ lounge and a guest suite, as well as mobility scooter storage.
Designs reflect the needs emphasised in the borough’s local plan to meet the housing requirements of its growing ageing population.
Ciaran Aldridge, divisional managing director at McCarthy Stone North, said: “Our exciting plans for Davenport will help to address a critical need for retirement accommodation in the area, providing housing choice for local older people, whilst also freeing up family homes in the wider housing market for local families and first-time buyers.
“They will also help relieve pressure for the release of greenfield land for housing.”
McCarthy Stone held a consultation on the proposals in June, before lodging a planning application in July.
The Planning Bureau is advising McCarthy Stone on the plans. Also on the project team are TPM Landscape, Keen Consultants, Transport Planning York, and E3P.
Want to learn more about the project, search for application number DC/089009 number on Stockport Council’s planning portal.
And are these retirement dwellings going to be social housing because that is what is needed most
By Lorraine Jordan
The problem with these retirement homes is the massive service charge I bet McCarthy Stone are excited. Not all pensioners are property rich or living off golden pensions. Many are just scraping by, what happens to this demographic? Stockport council need to address this.
By Unimpressed
These apartments are generally very nice but the service charges etc are enormous causing them to be very difficult to sell. It is a licence to print money.
By Anonymous
Why isn’t the Council expropriating every parcel of brownfield site and building affordable housing to meet our housing crisis? This affordable housing can’t be high density, must have a garden, and cost taxpayers nothing.
Don’t forget, we also need shops – preferably B&Ms and Poundshops – and we also want bustling vibrant high streets…
Sarcasm aside, shame to see the Church go; but better to release greenbelt for new resi than retirement homes.
By Anonymous
There are already dozens of these type of properties for sale in Stockport. The ongoing costs of living in such properties is so high that retirees cannot afford them. Clearly it is pointless to build more white elephants which like all the empty offices we build will just make money for the landowner. Before buying this type of property the elderly should consider the person who will inherit the property with all its ongoing costs and the possibility that they will be unable to sell it.
By Val
Val, could you let us know where to find these empty offices? Last I checked GM A grade offices were in such short supply that B grade offices are subject to serious inflation.
By Anonymous
I wonder how affordable they will be?
By Anonymous
We had to sell one of these for relative who hadn’t enter a care home. The pressure to sell from the home was constant and we ended up having to sell it for a third less than its value, and that was the only offer we had. No way would I buy one.
By Ripped off.
Hope they are better than where I live as we are ignored as a community. Our area is a disgrace and nothing gets done for the elderly and disabled.
By Anonymous
what about the community centre that will be lost to hundreds of young people
By Anonymous