The site benefits from Planning permissions CR/2016/0972/FUL for 'Demolition of existing buildings and erection of a continuing care retirement community (class C2)' (now technically commenced due to demolition of existing buildings on site) and CR/2019/0642/FUL for 'Erection of an electricity sub-station & alterations to the parking layout in relation to planning permission CR/2016/0972/FUL as amended by CR/2016/0972/NM1' (granted 21/11/2019). An application is currently pending for 'Erection of an extra-care retirement facility (use class C2), comprising 106 self-contained apartments and 10 self-contained bungalows for older persons; ancillary facilities and services; soft and hard landscaping; access; and other associated works' under reference CR/2023/0223/FUL. The site is allocated as ‘housing for older people and those with disabilities’ in Policy H2 of the Crawley Borough Local Plan 2023-2040. Development of this site should therefore specifically meet the needs of older people, either as a care facility in the form of Extra-Care or Residential Care, or to provide gneral housing designed to meet the particular needs of older people and those with disabilities, including meeting building regulations part M category 3. The broader design and layout of development on this site should also give specific consideration to the requirements of older people and those with disabilities.
44 Goffs Park Road, (Formerly Oakhurst Grange), Southgate, Crawley