A New Care Home Proposed for Westcombe Park in Essex

proposal for a 66-bedroom care home has been submitted to local authorities in the garden suburb of Westcombe Park near Maldon, Essex, by Charterpoint, a specialist developer, and LNT Care Developments.

The joint application to Maldon District Council outlines plans for a purpose-built, three-story care home, complete with associated access, parking, and landscaping. The proposed facility would feature accommodations with en-suite facilities, residents’ lounges and dining areas, a café for residents and visitors, a reception area, staff facilities, and 25 car parking spaces, including six electric car charging spaces, as well as designated areas for ambulance and taxi drop-offs. A secure cycle store is also included in the plans.

The care home has been designed to provide general residential care and residential dementia care, incorporating a range of sustainability features. These include glazed areas to maximize natural light and minimize energy requirements for lighting and heating in communal areas, low-energy luminaires and occupancy sensors to reduce energy use, high levels of insulation, and a ground source heat pump system and solar photovoltaic panels to provide heating and power to the building. The facility is expected to generate more than 70% of its energy requirements from renewable sources, resulting in a reduction in carbon emissions.

If approved, the care home is anticipated to create between 50 and 60 jobs, with a maximum of 24 staff members on site at any given time due to shift patterns.

The proposed care home is part of a larger neighborhood center development by Charterpoint Group, which has already received outline planning permission. The broader plans include later living apartments, a health center, a convenience store and other retail units, and a day nursery at Westcombe Park, with detailed planning applications for these components to be submitted in due course.

Giles Nursey, Managing Director of Charterpoint, expressed enthusiasm for the proposed care home, stating, “The proposed care home has been sympathetically designed to provide modern, high-quality and sustainable care facilities and to fit in with future development at Westcombe Park. It features a pleasant landscaped setting and has good access to public transport, amenities and local services. In due course, it will benefit from new neighborhood center amenities as part of the wider Westcombe Park masterplan.”

Mr. Nursey added, “Alongside LNT Care Developments, Charterpoint is very pleased to have submitted a detailed planning application for a care home on this site, which will be an asset to the local community.”

The care home is part of the mixed-use development of Westcombe Park, a sustainable urban extension to the north of Heybridge spanning 418 acres. Countryside, now part of the Vistry Group, is the master developer of the project, which includes more than 1,000 homes, with 30% designated as affordable housing, new community facilities, a proposed new primary school and nursery, new parks, play areas, sports pitches and allotments, as well as a new relief road, footpaths and cycleways.

Martin Leach, Managing Director of Vistry Major Projects, commented on the importance of providing essential facilities and infrastructure for residents, stating, “Providing the facilities and infrastructure that residents need to build sustainable and long-lasting communities plays a critical role in our masterplanning approach and this proposed new care home will be a valuable addition to Westcombe Park. We look forward to seeing the continued evolution of this vibrant new community.”

Situated next to the historic town of Maldon, Westcombe Park is an outstanding new community of stylish new homes set in a picturesque location.

Charterpoint, based in Edwalton near Nottingham, specializes in developing mixed-use and sustainable housing schemes, first-class senior living accommodations, and primary care premises. For more information about Charterpoint, visit www.charterpointgroup.co.uk.

LNT Care Developments, a leading specialist care home developer with its head office in Leeds, is partnering with Charterpoint on this project.