Plans submitted for Glasgow care home and supported living development
Plans have been submitted to Glasgow City Council for a care and supported living development in the north east of the city.
Voyage Care hopes to build the facility at Findochty Street, opposite Findochty Place in Garthamlock.
The development would consist of three buildings comprising of a 16-bed brain injury rehabilitation care home, a block with 12 brain injury rehabilitation supported-living apartments and a block with 12 supported-living apartments for people with a learning disability, ReGlasgow reports.
A design document submitted by 31/44 Architects reads: “The aspiration of this project is to provide much needed high quality care and supported living apartments that specifically provide for people with learning disabilities, and to provide care and support for people with a brain injury.
“The site is currently vacant and has become vegetated with scrub and self seeded trees. Our clients, Voyage Care wish to transform this site and provide a positive addition to the neighbourhood.
“Voyage Care prefer to offer care or residential support at a small scale; their facilities are similar in scale to small apartment buildings rather than some care homes which are institutional in scale.
“As a result the proposed massing of the buildings is similar in height and scale to the proposed neighbouring properties and comfortably sits within the context.”
In 2009 planning permission was granted for care home and supported living units at the site. A water vole habitat exists on the land — an application has been made for a licence to relocate the animals.