We have become aware of the proposals for the Morrison’s supermarket site on Stratford Road.

It comprises:

• 85 one and two-bedroom apartments for ‘first time buyers’;

• 30 purpose-built apartments for older people who are seeking to downsize;

• a care home with up to 90 beds, with one floor devoted to specialist dementia care.

The proposal promises ‘an appropriate number of car parking spaces’ in an underground car park.

A range of services will be provided within the building including a gym, a spa and salon, cinema room, restaurant and a variety of indoor and outdoor activity spaces.

The building looks to be eight storeys high and dwarfs the HSBC Bank building next to it.

WE HAVE QUESTIONS…

• Just how affordable for first time buyers will the 85 apartments be?

• Do we REALLY need yet more apartments for older people?

• What will the criteria be for admission to the care home, and who will run it?

• Apart from the cinema room, all the other ‘services’ mentioned are already available on the Stratford Road – shouldn’t we be supporting them?

HAVE YOUR SAY

Please look at the developer’s website: https://www.hillfieldplace.co.uk/ where there is a feedback form. If you submit any comments PLEASE COPY THEM TO US.

We will be posting the latest information on this as we get it.