Permission for 13 affordable homes on site of disused care home granted

by Lisa Reeves

Friday 19^th June 2015

Fri 19^th Jun 2015

A specialist provider of affordable housing has been granted planning permission to build a residential development on the site of a former nursing home in Handforth.

Equity Housing Group have been given the go ahead to demolish Cypress House, a two-storey redundant care home which has been empty for several years, and replace it with 13 two-bedroom houses. These dwellings are to be made available for affordable rent.

The scheme for the site on South Acre Drive also includes associated highway and landscaping works and the provision of 20 car parking spaces along with 26 cycling spaces.

The Northern Planning Committee met on Wednesday, 17th June, and agreed that the proposal is a sustainable form of development and that there are no adverse impacts that significantly outweigh the benefits of the proposal. They resolved to grant planning permission subject to conditions and the required legal agreement.

The site is currently owned by Cheshire East Council but ownership will now transfer to the applicant, Equity Housing Group.

The planning application can be viewed on the Cheshire East Council website by searching for planning reference 15/1581M.

Tags:: Cypress House, Planning Applications

Comments

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Ryan Dance

Saturday 20^th June 2015 at 9:13 pm

Evening all.....

this is great news isn't it? can the anti "anything" crew at least post some level of appreciation for this redevelopment.

Any comments ref building height....parking.....busy roads...schooling .......medical facilities are not welcome.

Well done developers - no doubts you spent 50k on planning and 12 months trying to get permission.

Kevin Trow

Monday 22^nd June 2015 at 11:15 pm

Well done!! to close down a house that was important for much of the local community and turn it into yet more apartments in Handforth, haven't we got enough? Look at Henbury road, already many cars parked on the street and the pavement precariously, then the new apartments on Delamere road, will there be enough parking spaces? I think not! Is this the solution to affordable housing or would it not be better to build normal houses with gardens on a suitable site away from the centre of Handforth, of course not as this does not make as much money and would impact on Wilmslow and Alderley Edge residents, would they allow that...... No!
I am sorry to moan but as a Handforth resident I can only see the situation getting worse, Spath lane is already lined with cars and that's on the bus route too.
Its a shame, I have been informed that Cypress house was well used but at a cost to the local council they couldn't afford. Ok moan over!!

Lynne Prescott

Wednesday 24^th June 2015 at 3:07 pm

I think that the provision of 20 parking spaces for 13 houses with additional cycle spaces, is more than usually generous! My own development, of 35 homes has just 4 visitors spaces! And we do need affordable homes in Handforth. " the tendency to build ' normal homes with garden' on additional land ( as space-hungery as that is) is what is driving house prices up beyond the means of average families, and certainly does not allow us to make effective use of the space available.

Wednesday 24^th June 2015 at 7:05 pm

Sorry Lynne I disagree, how many families want to live in an apartment without a garden? Do children want somewhere to play? Yes they do! And on the subject of affordable housing, the apartments usually cost more than a mid terrace with a garden, so how do you come to your conclusion, it is just a way for the developers to make more money and to congest our streets with even more vehicles. So in my book effective use of the space available is to cram as much into a small space as humanly possible, how does that help the ecology of the country, at least gardens provide dwellings for small animals and other important wildlife, the only reason they don't get built is because it is not cost effective to the developer........ and that's it, as simple as that.....

Jon Armstrong

Wednesday 24^th June 2015 at 9:45 pm

Kevin, I'm confused why you keep mentioning apartments without gardens? The article states 13 houses, and the drawings on the planning site show houses with gardens.

Wednesday 24^th June 2015 at 11:44 pm

Sorry Jon, I was just assuming they would slowly morph into apartments by the time they got built...... That was a bit negative of me really..... Yes, I am not in favour of all these apartments going up nearby but as a carer for young adults with learning disabilities I am more concerned about important facilities getting closed down.