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Dec 2020
Bid to create 90-resident Harrogate care home
Plans have been submitted to demolish Tate House care home on Wetherby Road and replace it with a much larger care facility.
The sight-loss charity the Royal National Institute of Blind People sold the building for £1,650,000 in June.
It is now run as a joint venture by private care home providers Angela Swift Developments, which is based in Harrogate, and Burlington Care, which operates 31 care comes in Lincolnshire and northern England.
The home, which received a 'good' rating in its most recent Care Quality Commission report in 2018, currently accommodates up to 39 older residents.
The proposed new building would be three storeys tall and accommodate up to 90 people.
The building, opposite Harrogate Town's football stadium, was built in 1930 and has had several extensions.
The planning application claims the proposed development will bring up to 70 new jobs to the local community, including nurses, support workers, management and admin staff.
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Wetherby Road has another care home, Berwick Grange, which is designed for people living with dementia.
Earlier this year, Harrogate Borough Council granted planning permission to demolish the Greenfield Court care home on Wetherby Road, to eventually make way for 52 retirement apartments.
Harrogate Borough Council will consider the application in due course.
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