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 | | ARCHADIA'S EXTRA CARE SCHEME IN CENTRAL BRIGHTON WINS PLANNING APPROVAL | | | Archadia | | 20/06/2007 | | | We are very pleased to announce that on 21st February the Brighton planning committee gave unanimous support to our application for a mixed tenure 76 unit older person's housing scheme on a prominent site near Brighton sea front.
Patching Lodge, designed by Archadia Chartered Architects, is a major new Extra Care housing scheme to be built on the site of a smaller outdated and underused sheltered bedsit development, which no longer meets current standards. The new building replaces an undistinguished sixties block with a well articulated seven storey building of more varied design and colour, which will enliven the street scene.
It is a £9 million project comprising, in addition to the 76 Extra Care flats, several facilities on the ground floor for use by the wider elderly community. These will include amenities such as a healthy living centre, a restaurant, a hairdresser, a chiropodist, a coffee bar and a shop. Also incorporated in the building will be a care link office to receive calls from older people using alarm equipment and a Primary Care Trust unit. The healthy living centre will be developed by the local PCT and follows on from the successful joint working between Hanover and the PCT at the award winning Larchwod Development.
This building is being developed jointly by Hanover Housing Association and Brighton and Hove Council, using part Department of Health and part Local Authority funding. It is the first to be developed in a 'tall buildings corridor' in line with a new city planning policy which has been applauded by the Government as a good example of progressive planning.
Green issues have been given keen consideration, and it is proposed to use a combined heat and power plant which will serve not only this new building, but also 148 flats in two adjacent buildings providing accommodation for older people. Hence the energy performance of the existing buildings will be enhanced by this new one. This will reduce carbon emissions more significantly than could have been achieved by providing 10% sustainable energy on the new development alone.
“In summary, we believe that this new development will represent some of the best in quality and sustainable design of housing for older people and should enhance the environment not only for the residents, but also for their neighbours and the general public in the city of Brighton,” says Patrick Manwell of Archadia. | |
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