{"id":204500,"date":"2025-06-22T06:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T06:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/204500\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T06:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T06:49:09","slug":"68-bed-care-home-approved-for-bursledon-after-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/204500\/","title":{"rendered":"68-bed care home approved for Bursledon after changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Land next to Brookfield, in Providence Hill, Bursledon, will soon be converted into the home for nursing care.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  There will also be three independent cottages for age-restricted occupancy and\u00a0on-site parking following planning permission given by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyecho.co.uk\/news\/district\/eastleigh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eastleigh<\/a> Brough Council.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Colten Care application was rejected last November because the proposed building was considered excessively tall and bulky.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The other main reason for the refusal was the \u201cinsufficient\u201d provision for on-site parking, resulting in the loss of parking for residents.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Following the borough council\u2019s feedback, improvements to the main design and layout have been addressed to overcome the reasons for refusal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The cottages have been reduced from five to three, freeing up spaces for more parking to support the development.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Nearby informal parking space, which currently serves the needs of residents, will be retained.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The building height has been reduced and the number of bedrooms has decreased by only one due to the creation of a \u201cmore efficient\u201d layout, officers indicated.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Concerns around the increased pressure on surrounding GPs due to the extra patients were also addressed after a \u201cdetailed\u201d explanation of how the care home will work, which \u201cactually can help to reduce health services on the NHS\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrate Care Board did not raise any objections.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ MORE<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyecho.co.uk\/news\/25250887.road-closure-hedge-end-fibre-optic-work\/?rel=cl_lsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Road closure in Hedge End for fibre optic work<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  On behalf of Colten Care, director of development Phil Brannon said that before resubmitting the proposals, they had engaged with council officers, met one-to-one with neighbours and consulted with GP practice managers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He added: \u201cWe have listened carefully to the previous reasons for refusal and have responded comprehensively. We have improved the relationship between residents of Brookfield and the care home.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Regarding the concerns over the extra pressure on GPs, Mr Brannon said that the on-site nurses, who will work twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, will alleviate the pressure on the local NHS.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He added that future residents will come from the area, already registered with GPs, meaning that \u201cit won\u2019t have any detrimental impact to the local health care provision\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Cllr Jane O\u2019Sullivan said: \u201cThe application has been a bit of a marathon. From the outset, you do want to listen to people [\u2026] I do feel that people have listened to each other.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The amendments directly address the concerns raised by us and our neighbours in Brookfield.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cA good quality care home is certainly needed in Bursledon and now, with the revised plan, that\u2019s what we are going to get.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Land next to Brookfield, in Providence Hill, Bursledon, will soon be converted into the home for nursing care.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4316],"tags":[105,4348,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-204500","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114725687347154308","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}