Plans for additional needs care centre approved

Plans have been approved for two buildings on the former Mauricare Residential Home site

Plans for a three-storey care centre for adults and children with additional needs have been given the go ahead.

Leicester City Council has approved proposals from Supported Living Properties Ltd to construct two buildings where the former Mauricare Residential Home once stood in Fosse Road Central, Leicester.

Plans said the centre would provide care for those with learning disabilities, autism, and social, emotional, and mental health difficulties.

According to planning documents, the proposed development would comprise of 10 apartments, and each occupant would receive 24-hour specialist care.

The Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) previously said planning permission had been twice granted by Leicester City Council for similar schemes on the land – once in November 2020 and then again in January 2022.

The latest scheme for the new care centre is the same as that given approval in 2022 in terms of the size of the buildings.

According to plans, the developer has reworked proposals to include fewer apartments, and the latest proposal would see 10 two-bed flats built, instead of 22 studio flats which were previously approved.

While the flats would each have two beds, the developer added there would only be one resident in each.

Plans said the second bedroom would be used as sensory rooms and sleeping spaces for visiting family members.

There would also be several areas of green space for residents to use, according to planning documents.

Additional reporting by Hannah Richardson, Local Democracy Reporter.