Gable Lodge to make way for new homes?

Gable Lodge to make way for new homes?

Gable Lodge, the former Bupa Care Home on the corner of Church Hill and St John’s Road, could be demolished and the site redeveloped to provide 11 retirement homes for the over 55s.

An application has been submitted to Epping Forest District Council on behalf of Ortus Homes, a division of McCarthy and Stone, to demolish the existing buildings on the site and erect a new three storey building providing 11 two-bedroom apartments and associated facilities.

If successful the plans would mark a departure for McCarthy and Stone from their more usual business of providing sheltered housing accommodation. The flats would be aimed at ‘a younger retiree’.

The 0.4 acre site features a number of mature conifer trees and is subject to a blanket Tree Preservation Order.

A decision is expected by mid-May.