Plans for 66-bed care home approved by council

An artist's impression of how the care home could look in future

Plans for a 66-bed, three-storey care home in Leicestershire has been given the go-ahead by council planners.

North West Leicestershire District Council (NWLDC) approved the development which would be situated in Standard Hill, Coalville.

Applicant LNT Developments said the care home would also include a cinema, garden room, library, hairdressers and 40 parking spaces with an ambulance and taxi drop-off area.

Council planner Dee Wood said the development satisfied local planning policies and would provide "significant economic and social benefits" for the area.

The developer said the facility would provide both general and dementia care and would be built and operated in a way which "meets and exceeds" the Care Quality Commission's "stringent expectations".

A sum of £21,120 would also be paid to NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board due an increase in people who will be using GP surgeries in the area.

The development site had previously been allocated for 24 homes as part of a residential masterplan for the site.

But Wood said: "Balanced against the loss of 24 market homes is the fact that the scheme would provide 66 beds as a care home, meeting national demand due to a growing elderly population."