Plans to increase elderly care provision at an Ayr nursing home have been approved. Bosses at Creggan Bhan Court, on Seafield Road, have been given the green light to build an extension.
The planning application related to a change of use at the home and involved alteration work to a garage to form six en-suite bedrooms with associated living and staff-room accommodation. South Ayrshire Council planners approved the proposals under delegated powers.
Proposal details
Agents in the proposals were Bristol-based Alder King Planning Consultants and the applicant was the Maria Mallaband Care Group Limited.
A supporting statement said: “The proposal is to convert a detached curtilage building into a six-bed elderly care ward to form part of the existing residential care facility. It will improve the healthcare facilities provided at the site, expanding the range of care being delivered to residents.”
Although planning permission is not required for the use of the building, it is required for the physical works being proposed to the exterior.
Building works and design
The supporting statement continues: “The application seeks planning permission for the extension and alteration of an existing single storey outbuilding within the grounds or Creggan Bahn Court to provide additional elderly care accommodation for residents of the care home.”
“The proposals include the provision of a lightweight canopy structure providing a covered walkway between the outbuilding and the main care home building.”
The new feature will include care rooms with an en-suite wet room, a shared lounge area and a small staff room. The extension will be constructed in reconstituted stone with a slate roof to “match the existing building.”
Approval and conditions
The statement adds: “The proposals are of a scale and nature well related to the existing care home, making good use of an existing building and having appropriate regard to the constraints of the site and its surroundings. They represent sustainable development, making efficient use of previously developed land.”
In approving the plans, with conditions, council papers said: “The use of the out-building as bedroom accommodation is not considered to raise any amenity issues, given the existing and established use of the site. While there will be a loss of the storage and garage accommodation at the site, it is understood that the site has changed owner/ operator since the outbuilding has been erected, and this accommodation is now largely surplus to requirements having been erected by the previous owner/operator.”
