An Arnold care home is set to expand to “address growing local demand” for support for people with dementia.
A three-storey extension will be built at The Manor Residential Home in Church Street, Arnold, after expansion plans were approved by Gedling Borough Council on Monday (October 13).
Plans say a “significant proportion” of residents will have dementia and limited mobility, requiring full-time care and the extension is “designed in line with increasing demand of the day care in the area” and give existing residents better facilities.
The existing care home provides long-term care for adults aged 65 and over who are no longer able to live independently.
An expansion to the site aims to offer assistance and support for those who require care “beyond what can be provided at home”, through family care or in a day care setting, according to plans.
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Planning documents also say the expansion will help “ease pressures on the NHS” by offering a variety of housing options for residents with different care needs and also generate various new jobs “across different skill levels”.
The new “contemporary” build will be built on the existing car park and will include 16 en-suite bedrooms, a hair salon, a communal bath, a communal area and two disabled toilets. The new building will be linked to the existing care home through a corridor.
Fourteen new parking spaces will be made at the front of the extension, along with a new entrance and exit made for the site.
Pre-application plans originally sought to have a four-storey extension to the care home which would have increased the available bedrooms from 27 to 49 but the fourth floor wad removed from plans following “concerns regarding its scale”.
In terms of potential overlooking impacts on nearby existing properties, planning papers say: “There are no side windows proposed on the main large extension at the front of the site, that would overlook neighbouring properties.”
