Care Home Development in Market Harborough, Leicestershire
Status: Pre Application
Application Type: Full Planning Application
Proposal
Muller Property Group is bringing forward proposals for a purpose-built specialist care home development on land off Great Bowden Road, Market Harborough.
The proposals comprise an 80-bedroom care home designed to provide high-quality dementia, nursing, residential and end-of-life care accommodation within a modern and purpose-built environment.
Arranged across three storeys, the development has been carefully designed to respond positively to the surrounding townscape and nearby heritage assets while delivering an important form of healthcare and social infrastructure within the local area.
The care home will provide specialist accommodation designed around modern dementia care principles, incorporating en-suite bedrooms, secure landscaped gardens, safe circulation spaces and high-quality communal facilities to support residents’ wellbeing, independence and quality of life.
The proposals seek to create a sustainable and landscape-led care environment that integrates positively with the surrounding area while addressing a significant and growing need for modern care provision across Market Harborough and the wider Harborough district.
Location and Access
The site extends to approximately 1.6 acres (0.7 hectares) of land located off Great Bowden Road to the east of Market Harborough town centre.
The site occupies a highly sustainable location directly adjacent to Market Harborough railway station and within walking distance of local services, shops, healthcare facilities and public transport connections.
The surrounding area comprises a mixture of commercial, residential and heritage assets, including Market Harborough railway station and St Mary in Arden Church. The site occupies a prominent gateway location into the town centre and presents an opportunity for high-quality regeneration.
Vehicle access is proposed from Great Bowden Road, with parking and servicing integrated sensitively within the wider landscape strategy.
Benefits
The proposals will deliver a range of important social, economic and healthcare benefits, including:
- Delivery of an 80-bedroom specialist care home providing dementia, nursing and end-of-life care
- Provision of modern, purpose-built accommodation designed around best practice dementia care principles
- Regeneration of an underutilised brownfield site in a prominent gateway location
- Significant investment into healthcare and social care infrastructure within Market Harborough
- Delivery of high-quality en-suite accommodation and specialist care facilities
- Creation of landscaped gardens and secure outdoor amenity spaces for residents
- New employment opportunities across healthcare, management, hospitality and support roles
- Biodiversity enhancements and new landscaping throughout the site
- Reduced pressure on NHS services through increased specialist care capacity
- Support for local families requiring high-quality elderly care provision close to existing communities
- Investment into the local economy through construction activity and long-term operational employment
Harborough District Council
The proposals respond directly to an identified and growing need for modern specialist care accommodation across Market Harborough and the wider district.
Demographic trends indicate increasing demand for dementia and elderly care provision, alongside an existing shortfall in modern, fit-for-purpose care home accommodation capable of meeting future healthcare requirements.
The proposals would also support the regeneration of a visually prominent and underutilised site adjacent to Market Harborough railway station, helping reinforce the town’s role as a sustainable and well-connected centre for growth.
Muller Property Group is currently preparing a planning application supported by a programme of technical assessment and stakeholder engagement.
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