Plans for care home on derelict site resubmitted

The site of the proposed development has been empty for a decade

Revised plans for a care home development on a site which has been empty for 10 years have been submitted to a city council.

Verum Victum Healthcare wants to build on a former garage site at the junction of North Hylton Road and Castletown Way in Sunderland.

The city council is being asked to approve plans for 58 apartments and a 36-bed intermediate care facility.

A planning statement said the facility would provide specialist dementia care and provision to support the "timely discharge from hospital" of patients.

Planning permission was given in March 2023 but no work has taken place so far

Proposals from applicant Verum Victum Healthcare to build a 94-unit care home were approved by the council in March 2023 but no work has taken place.

The applicant is now proposing “85 apartments for extra care” along with changes to the development’s internal layout, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

The plan includes a reception, kitchen, restaurant, consultants room, activity room and changing facilities on the ground floor, as well as a spa, salon, physiotherapy room and eight one-bed apartments.

The remaining upper floors would include 77 one-bed apartments, with 85 apartments in total across the proposed building.

A decision on the amended plans will be made after a consultation ends on 7 November.

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