New accommodation for the disabled planned in Wickersley
New housing would offer a dignified option for those needing support
Units to accommodate five people needing supported living could be built in Wickersley, using an existing bungalow as a base and a new-build on adjacent land.
The plan would involve converting the bungalow, on Morthern Road, to provide three single-person homes, with two more units being provided on adjacent land.
That extension would also provide facilities for staff, including an office and kitchen.
Derby-based Acorn Homes is behind the proposal and planning documents state: “The scheme provides five good sized specialist homes for disabled adults, retains the residential character of the site, protects the two tree preservation order trees through an arbocultural protection strategy and provides six operational parking spaces with a widened, safer access.”
The new accommodation would be suitable for those with conditions including learning disabilities and autism.
The application states: “Each resident would have their own self-contained home and ordinary domestic facilities, with support delivered in a manner tailored to the resident.
“The accommodation is intended to maximise independence, dignity, choice and quality of life in an environment that reads and functions as residential rather than institutional.”
It is anticipated that people living at the complex - each home would have its own address - would be there on a long-term basis.
Support staff would be on the premises around the clock, with three present for 12 hours from 8am, dropping to two for overnight shifts.
Parking spaces would be there for staff and visitors, with the expectation that resident car ownership would “be very limited due to the nature of the care and support provided”.