Plans for Shrewsbury TA centre to become 90 bed care home
A new multi-million pound care home with nursing facilities is being planned for Shrewsbury.
Coverage Care, Shropshire’s largest independent care provider, has applied for full planning permission for the 90-bed home on land occupied by the former Territorial Army centre, on Sundorne Road.
The proposed new home will have 90 large en-suite bedrooms over two floors, with a third storey frontage as part of the overall design, and two wings on each floor, each with its own lounge and dining area, sharing communal rooms and a private garden area to the rear of the building.
The new Shrewsbury home is destined for a 2016 opening, if planning permission is granted. The proposed £8m project is the latest in a series of new build care home developments by the company in Shropshire over the last four years.
Coverage Care Chief executive, David Coull, said:
“We have been working hard on the plans for this new home, which will be similar in size and design to the New Fairholme development we opened last summer, in Oswestry.
The site on Sundorne Road is perfectly placed to ensure a high quality of life for residents, with leisure facilities and a GP surgery right on its doorstep. Our intention is to have this new facility open during the summer of 2016.”
Coverage Care currently operates 15 care centres in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin, all on a not-for-profit basis. It is expected the new development will employ more than 120 staff in a mix of full and part-time jobs.
