Plans for a care home, 40 flats and a parade of shops are being considered by Stockton Council.
Tiviot Way Investments have asked for planning permission to build a 60-bed, three-storey care home for older people and a residential building of up to 40 apartments over three storeys. They also want to create a “convenience foodstore and a parade of four convenience facilities” with an outdoor food and drink terrace area, with parking and landscaping.
The proposals have been submitted in outline for a 2.17-hectare site at Little Maltby Farm, Low Lane, High Leven, Yarm, to be accessed via Welwyn Road and Melandra Road. The developer says they will bring “approximately 310 new jobs directly and indirectly associated with residential care home and apartment construction” and long-term job opportunities with the home and shops.
In a planning statement, agent Savills says the proposals would “enhance the sustainability” of current and future homes around the site on the south of Ingleby Barwick, and the care home would meet “the specialist needs for the growing elderly population in the borough”. It adds: “The proposed convenience facilities would diversify the existing retail provision and be a positive addition to the community.
“It is considered that local convenience facilities would positively benefit the residents of the wider strategic housing scheme and help to reduce the need for people to drive out of the site to access such shops and services. In addition, the provision of the retail facilities will provide a number of employment opportunities for local residents.
“The site is allocated for residential development and forms an important part of the council’s rolling five-year housing land supply and a local centre in this general location would support the sustainability of the housing development.
“It no longer appears to be a working farm and has not functioned as a farm for some time. As such, any heritage significance of the farm has already eroded.
“The application site has… seen various large phases of residential development delivered already. It is therefore accepted that residential development will come forward on this site.”
The developers also say the layout has been “sensitively designed” to match nearby homes, with trees, verges and “attractive planting” in a convenient location for bus stops. They also assert there would not be significant noise or air quality impacts: “No significant adverse effects are expected as a result of the development.”
It says there will be jobs for care staff, chefs, cleaners, managers, administration, construction and shop workers. It argues the one and two-bedroom apartments will “meet the needs of the present and future generations, as well as helping to address the shortage of homes nationally and contribute towards retaining the population in Stockton”.
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