A new care home supporting elderly people with dementia will open in the Wokingham Borough.
A residential home in Charvil will be converted into a supported living accommodation despite worries from a local parish council that the site is ‘unsuitable’.
Number one, Milestone Crescent is a two-storey, three-bedroom house currently undergoing a two-storey side extension, as well as a part single storey extension.
Three elderly residents will live there permanently with the support of two to three carers who will operate on a shift basis. At least one care manager will remain permanently on the premises.
The existing parking spaces will be extended to allow for four off-street spaces. Minor works will also be done internally so that all residents have an ensuite shower room.
Applicant Neshad Sharma, who owns the property, argued that the conversion would support Wokingham Borough Council’s provision of care for the elderly.
With the low number of residents and carers, the Mr Sharma argued that the property would not cause any more disturbance ‘than one would expect in a normal family home’.
The care model proposed ‘aims to replicate normal family life as far as possible’, and placements of residents will be long term.
Charvil parish council warned that although the borough needs more care homes, it ‘does not make a modest family home a suitable location for such provision’.
It argued that the size and layout of the house was ‘at odds’ with what was needed to safely care for dementia patients.
Wokingham Borough Council approved the plans despite concerns.
