96-bed care home behind Milton Keynes garden centre recommenced for approval

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    Plans to build a 96-bed care home behind a garden centre are expected to be given the green light at a council meeting next Thursday (4/2).

    Hampton Healthcare wants to build a three-storey care home on land owned by Woburn Sands Emporium, a garden centre on a 1.17-hectare site in Wavendon.

    The developer had applied to Milton Keynes Council last year for permission but later withdrew the application to work on the feedback received, including the need for more car parking spaces.

    An updated application has since been submitted and has been recommended for approval by councillors.

    Hampton Healthcare, if approved, will build a hairdressing & beauty salon and shop on the ground floor; a craft room, library and doctor consulting room at first floor level; a cinema and PPE isolation unit at second floor level; and a garden café & sky bar, roof garden and a sun lounge together with the supporting facilities namely the laundry room, kitchen and plant room provided at the third floor level.

    The current planning application states that a storage shed and section of the car park will be demolished to make way for the residential home.

    Woburn Sands Emporium has supported the planning application and says it is a "great synergy" between the potential care home and the garden centre. 

    A spokesperson for the garden centre said: "We support this application and believe the addition of the care home development will enhance to the site overall, and will benefit the Garden Centre so we can better serve the community and our customers for many years to come."

    Milton Keynes Council will make a formal decision at the Development Control Committee on Thursday 4th February at 7pm. 

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