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Plan to replace care home with supported living

Lisa Young
BBC News
Google Maps Longfield Villa is printed on the wall of a single storey building set on a drive which leads to two other single storey buildings, one to the left and one behind. In the garden there are many plastic chairs set around garden tables and sun shades. There is a car parked off the road.Google Maps
The owners of Longfield Villa Care Home said it was "at the end of its service life"

A nursing agency has applied for permission to knock down a care home in Jersey and replace it with supported living apartments.

Apex Nursing Agency has proposed that Longfield Villa Care Home on La Rue du Bocage, in St Peter, be demolished and 14 one-bed rental apartments be built in its place for people over 55 years old.

The proposal outlines a facility for an onsite manager, car parking spaces, bike storage, electric car charging stations and a public footpath along the road.

The existing single-storey buildings would be replaced with a set of two-storey terraced buildings if the plan is approved.

Riva Architects Architectural drawing that shows seven two storey terraced buildings on the site complete with balconies, car parking spaces and planted gardens.Riva Architects
The owners said the apartments would provide supported living for people aged over 55

The owners of the care home said "it cannot continue on this site without wholescale reconstruction" as the underlying structure was "at the end of its service life".

They said the new facility would be managed by a warden instead of up to 30 staff that had previously been on site.

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