CONSTRUCTION has begun on retirement living apartments in Brighouse on the site of what was once a care home.
Burghley Retirement, part of Torsion Care, began work on site at Wood Lane to build a range of 37 one and two-bedroom apartments.
The firm was granted permission by Calderdale Council in December last year to demolish the former Elm Royd care home building to make way for a new apartment complex.
Torsion Projects is delighted to commence #construction works on the 37 luxury #RetirementLiving apartments scheme at Elmroyd, #Brighouse. #TeamTorsion has completed the grouting works and is progressing with piling and drainage. @TorsionCare @TorsionProjects pic.twitter.com/gxfA432tj7
— Torsion Group (@TorsionGroup) September 20, 2022
A matter of weeks ago, Torsion confirmed on social media that it had begun construction, and this week amendments to the approved plans have also been passed.
This includes rotating the building orientation, removing Juliette balconies, and updating window positions to the communal stairs.
Council planners have approved the changes, saying: “The proposed amendments, neither individually nor cumulatively, are considered materially to alter the nature or effect of the originally permitted development and the amended scheme would still comply with all the relevant development plan and national policy guidance, as identified in the original permission.”
In a design and access statement accompanying the original plans, it states: “The site is currently occupied by a two-storey redundant care home facility which has, over the years received additional ‘add on’ extensions creating a building which has lost its original form and character.
“The care home closed in 2017 and has since fallen into a state of disrepair.”
It adds that the layout follows the same principles which were established in a residential scheme approved the year before from a different developer, including the same orientation and site access, and the footprint of the new building positioned in line with the care home building.
On the company’s website it describes the development as offering “safe and luxurious homes that are built to last”.
It also adds that the “modern and stylish” apartments will be finished to a high standard and include thoughtful features such as higher-level plug sockets, ultra-low-profile shower trays and anti-slip floor tiles.
Every apartment will also have a video door entry phone, intruder alarm and 24-hour emergency call-out system.
In 2017 the Telegraph & Argus reported how the nursing home, which shut down after a third inadequate rating, was being advertised as bedsits.
Then owner B&H Vincent LLP applied to the Council to change its use to a house of multiple occupation, turning the 42 bedrooms into bedsits.
The home was also on the market with a guide price of £700,000.
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