A former Gedling care home that closed down following a damning inspection report could be redeveloped into apartments, according to new plans.
Dyad Design Ltd, acting on behalf of the applicant, submitted the proposals to Gedling Borough Council for the former site of the Stoke House Care Home in Stoke Lane, Gedling, last Thursday (October 23).
The redevelopment seeks to turn the former home into 17 self-contained apartments, along with a second floor extension at the rear of the site.
Ten of the apartments would be three-bed, six as two-beds – with one being a duplex – and one, one-bed.
The former care home, which offered residential and nursing care needs for up to 46 residents, was closed down following a damning 2020 inspection by health watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
The CQC rated the care home, which had some residents living with dementia, ‘inadequate’ – the worst rating it can provide for a health service.
At the time, the CQC said a “poor staff culture” impacted on residents’ safety and wellbeing and that staff morale was “low”.
If approved, the apartment plans say all future residents would have access to a communal garden, with two of the flats having access to a private roof terrace and one parking space per apartment is included in proposals.
At a pre-application stage, planning officers raised concerns that the two-storey extension would be “out of scale” with the building, with potential overlooking onto neighbouring gardens.
But plans say officers are “reassured” the extension would not be visible above the roof of the original care home building when seen from Stoke Lane and the potential overlooking of neighbouring homes or their gardens is “unlikely”.
The redevelopment proposals will be decided by the council at a later date.
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