Former police station in Bingham demolished to make way for care home opening in 2021
A town's former police station is being demolished to make way for a care home.
One of the UK’s leading care home operators will run the new care home, which will be built on the site of the old police station on Grantham Road, Bingham.
The care home is due to open in 2021.
HC-One, which operates more than 300 care homes across the UK, will take up the tenancy of the 70-bed care home once it has been completed.
This will be a second home in Bingham for the operator.
Earlier this year, Rushcliffe Borough Council granted planning permission for the development on the site after an application by Edwalton-based Charterpoint Senior Living.
The specialist senior living developer submitted a planning proposal at the end of 2018 for the residential care home featuring residents’ lounges, a hair/beauty salon, cinema room and other extensive communal facilities, along with residents’ gardens.
It is mostly over two-storeys, with one section over three.
A director at developer Charterpoint Senior Living, Giles Nursey said: “Using sector specialist expertise, Charterpoint Senior Living spent considerable time and effort on creating a bespoke, attractive plan for a care home on this site, taking into account the views of neighbours, town and ward councillors, and with the knowledge that a previous application for a care home by another company had earlier been refused.
“We are delighted that Rushcliffe Borough Council gave its support to our scheme and that a professional, well-regarded care home operator like HC-One is to run the facility, once it has been built.
“The site has been vacant for some time, and this care home development will not only bring a brownfield plot back into use, it will also provide high-quality, bespoke care home facilities for the local community. We now look forward to seeing it come to fruition.”
HC-One already runs Beauvale in Moor Lane, Bingham, which has a CQC rating of good.
Justin Hutchens, chief executive of HC-One, said: “New developments like this are crucial as they address the growing demand for care home places in this country.”
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