Plans for 48 apartments and 25 cottages have been put forward by Churchill Living for land at Hanson Quarry and the JC Phillips site off South Street. The application proposal is to demolish existing buildings and redevelop the site to provide a new retirement community with communal areas, including owners lounge and coffee bar; refuse store; buggy/cycle store; parking with turning areas. Plans show 17 parking spaces for the 48 retirement flats and 18 spaces for the 25 cottages.
There has already been some controversy over the plans, which were first made public when Churchill Retirement Living asked the community for its views back in March prior to creating a planning application. If approved, it would mean another retirement development in the area after McCarthy Stone built its luxury 'retirement living' apartments, named Gordon Court, on the former Mountjoy School site in Flood Lane. Churchill Living held a two-week public consultation, something it said would help shape its plan.
According to the developers, the homes will be designed for local people over the age of 60 who want to 'carry on living independently as they get older whilst enjoying safety, support and a social life.' A spokesperson for Churchill Retirement Living said at the time: “Retirement housing is the most effective form of residential development for generating local economic growth, local jobs, and increasing high street spend as it brings regular shoppers closer to the town centre. “Our propo.
