elderly housing
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07.05.2020Demographics & Population Growth | elderly housing | Health | living conditions | overlooking | privacy | retirement | South EastPlans for 61 sheltered apartments can go ahead in Camberley, an inspector has ruled, deciding that an exception to the council's building design guidance was justified.
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16.09.2019Former Treasury economist Chris Walker has called for 30,000 later living homes to be built each year as people in Britain are living for longer.
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06.09.2019accessibility | ageing population | Community Infrastructure | Demographics & Population Growth | elderly housing | North West | retirement villagePlans for a retirement village north of Preston that would accommodate more than 200 over-55s have been rejected, after an inspector found that residents would have ‘limited opportunities for integration...
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12.02.2019ageing population | Demographics & Population Growth | elderly housing | extra care housing | Housing | South WestPlans for 30 retirement bungalows in Cornwall would constitute a standard residential use, an inspector has ruled, despite the appellant’s plan to restrict their occupancy to people who need at least two...
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11.01.2019building design | climate change | conservation area | Demographics & Population Growth | elderly housing | Environmental | global warming | Heritage | solar gain | South WestThe south-facing orientation and single-aspect design of a proposed retirement complex could put its elderly residents at risk of uncomfortably high temperatures as a result of solar gain, an inspector has...
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26.09.2018chief planner | Demographics & Population Growth | elderly housing | Housing | rounding off | South WestPlans for nine bungalows for people over 55 on the edge of Liskeard, Cornwall, would not represent 'rounding off', an inspector has ruled, notwithstanding the Chief Planning Officer's note on the...
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14.08.2018The government has announced that thousands of extra homes designed for people with disabilities, mental health issues and older people who need extra support will be created over the next three years with an additional £76 million a year.
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30.07.2018County Councils Network | Demographics & Population Growth | elderly housing | England | Housing | retirement homesCounty councils have called on the government to ensure that its social housing green paper encourages planning reforms address the ‘dearth of retirement and supported housing’ in the country.
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18.07.2018Demographics & Population Growth | elderly housing | Housing | Lichfields | Older people's housing | UKResearch by planning consultancy Lichfields has indicated that the UK is failing to plan for its ageing population, as only 16 out of 149 local plans reviewed identifying a specific requirement for older people’s housing.
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18.06.2018Local leaders need to work together to identify a single plan and budget for housing, health and social care to better support older people, according to a report.
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