Carlisle Extra Care Scheme
Date added: 05/02/2012
Carlisle Extra Care Scheme - Heysham Meadows & Heysham Gardens
Carlisle’s flagship Extra Care scheme, located to the West of the City, will provide 60 units of self-contained accommodation primarily for people aged over 55, but also catering for some younger physically disabled people. Extra Care housing promotes independent living – all the new homes have their own cooking facilities – but with a 24/7 onsite care team. A successful bid by Cumbria County Council (who are funding the care package), Carlisle City Council (who have contributed the land), Eden Housing Association (who will be developing and managing the scheme) and the PCT was made to the Department of Health in 2008 and we were successful in securing a grant of £4.74 million. This will be the first mixed-tenure Extra Care housing scheme in Cumbria - has full planning permission and is due to start on site in July 2009.
As well as a core block of 40 2-bedroom apartments all designed to Lifetime Homes standards (Heysham Gardens), there will also be:
• another 20 cluster units (Heysham Meadows); 16 bungalows (including some with 3-bedrooms and some with their own car port); and
• 4 houses with a ‘disability suite’ on the ground floor allowing an older adult to live independently but without having to break up the family unit.
The new development will also house several residents with cerebral palsy through our partnership with Cumbria Cerebral Palsy. The scheme represents a major element of the regeneration of Raffles estate following the demolition of around 600 ex-Council houses at the start of the decade, following substantial new build through the City Council’s partnership with affordable housing provider, Lovell, and the proposed development of another Council-owned site in partnership with Two Castles for social rented housing.
The new development will also house several residents with cerebral palsy through our partnership with Cumbria Cerebral Palsy. The scheme represents a major element of the regeneration of Raffles estate following the demolition of around 600 ex-Council houses at the start of the decade, following substantial new build through the City Council’s partnership with affordable housing provider, Lovell, and the proposed development of another Council-owned site in partnership with Two Castles for social rented housing.
For more information on this scheme, please contact Jeremy Hewitson: jeremyh@carlisle.gov.uk