Plans have been unveiled for a £12.5m Veterans Care Village at Broughton House in Salford.
Broughton House is the only home for ex-servicemen and women in the north west and in 2016 celebrated its centenary.
Plans for the new village will be submitted to Salford City Council this month and are expected to be considered by the planning, building and regeneration committee in September.
If permission is granted, work on the ambitious scheme is due to start early next year. A public consultation exercise is currently underway.
The redevelopment of the two-acre site will be partially paid for through a £3m grant from LIBOR funding, a government initiative to redistribute the proceeds of banking fines. Fundraising by Broughton House is ongoing.
The Broughton House Veterans Care Village is planned to be completed by 2020 and will include:
- 64 nursing home bedrooms with a dementia wing;
- 34 independent living apartments;
- A military support hub featuring an advice centre, gym, treatment rooms, café, hair salon and meeting rooms
- A memorial park with a cenotaph and remembrance walls;
- Landscaped gardens featuring an all-weather bowling green and a bandstand.
Dooley Associates will manage the delivery of the scheme. The project team also includes architects Levitt Bernstein, structural engineers Curtins Consulting, service engineers Building Services Design, landscape architect Exterior Architecture, fire engineers Omega Fire and acoustician Sandy Brown.
Ty Platten, chief executive of Broughton House, said: “We are committed to providing a safe and secure community for military veterans and, subject to planning permission, the new development will deliver a state-of-the-art care village for the north west.
“As the north west’s only home delivering dedicated veteran care for over a century in recognition of the sacrifices of ex- servicemen and women, the need to expand our level of care is paramount to meet the growing and changing needs of veterans both now and in the future.
“We are immensely grateful for the support shown for the scheme to date and look forward to working with the Greater Manchester public, and all relevant parties, to bring our vision to fruition, and together we hope to serve veterans for the next 100 years.”
Brendan Dooley, managing director of Dooley Associates, which has offices in Manchester, Birmingham and London, said: “The team we’ve selected to deliver this major project is first-class.
“We’re pleased that Broughton House has entrusted us to ensure a high-quality outcome for the residents of the new care village and to secure the future of this important charity.”
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Notes to editors
The attached image is a CGI of the new Broughton House Veterans Care Village. Image courtesy of Levitt Bernstein.
For more information on Broughton House, visit www.broughtonhouse.com
For more information on Dooley Associates, visit www.dooleyassociates.co.uk
Contact information:
Kevin Feddy via kevin@kevinfeddymedia.co.uk or 0161 300 8543 or 07770 543112.
Cara Roberts, marketing and events manager at Broughton House, via cara.roberts@broughtonhouse.com or 0161 740 2737 or 07581 292830.
