Site of a three-storey care home situated within the centre of Ponteland. This facility currently provides flats for elderly persons but has been identified for clearance and replacement. Part of a scheme to renew social housing stock and provide more fitting accommodation. There are 35 one-bedroom housing units in situ, a mixture of bedsits and very small flats, which are not suitable for modern needs. Permission was granted in 2021 for demolition of the existing building and construction of a new care home of 34 units (19/01223/FUL). The current accommodation are considered self-contained units, so the clearance will result in a corresponding loss. Therefore, the net impact will be a loss of 1 units from the overall housing stock on completion of the new facility. Clearance of the site, and therefore the loss of 35 units, was completed in 2022/23. The replacement dwellings are expected to be completed in the next five years.
Athol House, Callerton Lane, Ponteland