Fosse Way, Stow-on-the-Wold
Stow-on-the-Wold – A challenge from the outset
A 4.5-acre site, along the historic Fosse Way, within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This project presented numerous challenges right from the outset.
- 48-bed Dementia Care Home and 44 Extra Care Apartments
- Obtained planning consent outside the settlement boundary of the town and
inside the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. - Dementia Care Home designed specifically for The Orders of St John Care Trust.
- Development required increase in capacity of existing foul sewer.
- Extra Care site sold to McCarthy & Stone in August 2015.
- Care Home site sold to The Orders of St John Care Trust.
With this scheme, we aimed to provide a much-needed new care home for The Orders of St John Care Trust, following the closure of the Trust’s former home which was no longer fit for purpose. We aimed to introduce extra care apartments alongside the care home to create a care campus environment to serve the needs of the local residents of Stow.
A number of planning and development constraints were overcome by the multi-disciplinary team at Brackley. The entire site was covered by the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and was located outside of the settlement boundary of the town, along the historic Fosse Way!
A Grampian condition, requiring increased capacity to be provided to the foul sewage network also had to be resolved.
The team at Brackley was heavily engaged with both the local community and Cotswold District Council planning department during the planning process, and were regular contributors to the towns local economy. Particularly in the form of the towns famous Huffkins bakery and usually prior to attending the fortnightly town council meetings!
Following several months of amendments to the buildings form, materials, height, scale, mass, and the inclusion of what has since been referred to as the ‘ski chalet’, the scheme was granted planning consent in May 2014.
Dementia Care Home
Brackley worked closely with The Orders of St John Care Trust to design a bespoke, specialist dementia care home which would cater to the Trust’s needs, and enable the provision of the highest level of dementia care.
Following the grant of planning consent, the Trust purchased the site in January 2016, with Stepnell commencing building work in summer 2016. This exciting development is due to reach practical completion in spring 2017.
Extra Care Apartments
Outline planning consent was obtained for 44 extra care apartments, to provide a ‘care campus’ within Stow-on-the-Wold. The consented site was purchased by McCarthy and Stone in August 2015, which is currently seeking reserved matters consent.
Hybrid planning consent obtained for:
48-bed dementia care home
44 extra care apartments
Planning constraints included:
Site located entirely within Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and outside the settlement boundary of Stow-on-the-Wold.
Bespoke Design:
Specialist dementia care home designed specifically with, and for, The Orders of St John Care Trust.
Exceptional Setting:
Set over three storeys, the development looks out over the rolling Cotswold hills.
The Orders of St John Care Trust
Site with full planning consent for the care home, purchased by The Orders of St John Care Trust in January 2016.
McCarthy & Stone
Site with outline planning consent for 44 Extra Care Units purchased by McCarthy and Stone in August 2015, which is currently seeking reserved matters consent.