REVISED proposals for a development of 45 retirement apartments on Green Belt land at Lymm have been submitted to Warrington Borough Council.
The scheme, put forward by McCarthy and Stone, split the local community when it was first submitted last year – with 57.6 per cent of people responding to a consultation by the applicants themselves, opposing it.
A further 24.2 per cent of people supported the scheme and 18.2 were undecided or neutral.
Lymm Parish Council also opposed the scheme.
Now revised proposals have been submitted for a part three, part two-storey block of 45 apartments, 21 of which would be of two bedrooms and 24 of which would be single bedroom.
The development is at Watercress Farm, off Thirlmere Drive.
McCarthy and Stone – who already have a development off Cherry Lane, Lymm – say the site is ideal for retirement homes.
They say the proposal represents an ideal opportunity for the redevelopment of a sustainably located site Lymm in accordance with the Government’s housing
and sustainable development policies.
It would provide for much needed specialised accommodation for older people within a sustainable location, freeing up existing under-occupied stock.
They say: “This proposal is located in an accessible location with good links to Lymm village centre and is within easy reach of the shops, public transport facilities and other essential services, which all benefit residents in maintaining an independent lifestyle. This specialised form of housing generates extremely low levels of traffic and the convenience of the location close to public transport opportunities would further reduce the need for car use, not least because purchasers of such housing accommodation generally no longer need or wish to have the ‘burden’ of car ownership.”
Warrington Borough Council planning officers are currently studying the revised proposals
