elderly care

Appeal: Meals on wheels scheme allowed to replace axed council service

28.02.2020

A Carmarthenshire woman's plan to run a meals on wheels service from an outbuilding at her home to replace a service previously offered by the county council can go ahead, an inspector has ruled, citing the...

Appeal: Green belt harm not 'clearly outweighed' by care village's benefits

20.02.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected plans for a major elderly care village in the Meriden Gap near Solihull, citing green belt rules which state that material considerations must 'clearly' – not marginally – outweigh...

Appeal: ‘Pressing need’ justifies specialist dementia care centre

24.01.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has cited Arun’s rapidly ageing population and ‘extremely limited’ availability of specialist dementia care in approving plans for a 64-bed facility in the area, despite its technical conflict...

Appeal: Care home would create 'sense of being unable to leave'

09.08.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has blocked plans for a new care home near Altrincham, ruling that the scheme's design and location would not enable residents to 'live as independent a life as possible', contrary to national...

Appeal: Accessibility works at listed almshouses rejected

07.06.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has turned down a plan to install dormers to the rear of a terrace of listed almshouses for elderly women in Wandsworth, which would have provided toilet facilities at the same level as bedrooms...

Appeals round-up: Elderly home support policy weighs against care home; Shipping container café allowed despite ‘design shortcomings’

01.03.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 23 February-1 March, 2019

Appeal: Elderly home support policy weighs against care home

26.02.2019

Matt Moody

A proposed four-storey care home in Edinburgh has been turned down in light of the council’s policy aim to ‘move away from an over-reliance on institutional care and towards support in the home”.

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Newcastle University unveils major hospital redevelopment plan

13.02.2019

Huw Morris

elderly care | Health | Newcastle | Newcastle University | North East

Newcastle University is proposing a significant redevelopment of the former general hospital into a centre of excellence for care of older people after buying the site.

Appeals round-up: Tourist accommodation at alpaca farm would be inappropriate; Golf netting refused for green belt harm despite safety concerns

14.12.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 8 December-14 December 2018

Appeal: Care home allowed on site allocated to recreation use

18.09.2018

Matt Moody

A 64-bed care home has been approved on land reserved for ‘recreation use’ in the local development plan, after an inspector found the Bicester area’s need for care facilities to be a...

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