Support

Representation ID: 10965

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: P&D Northern Asset Management

Agent: Pegasus Group (Manchester)

We support this policy and the Council’s objective to deliver specialist housing for those in need of care and/or support.

We note the analysis indicating need for 3,900 units of specialist older person dwellings such as extra care or retirement housing (C3 Use Class); and an increase of 2,200 residential care units (C2 Use Class).

The Queensbury Golf Course site offers the opportunity to deliver extra care units/retirement living. In particular, the part of the site where the existing club house is located is considered to be appropriate given proximity to bus stops and local shops.

Part C of the policy requires C3 Use Class extra care provision to provide affordable housing requirements too. We don’t take a particular issue with that at this stage but clearly any supporting viability assessment will need to consider the cost differences between standard C3 market housing and extra care housing as the products, values and costs of delivering such schemes are very different despite the same use class.