Artist's impression released of proposed £3.5m Scunthorpe development offering 60 job
THIS is the vision for a £3.5 million care home development which will regenerate the site of Scunthorpe's Crosby Hotel and create 60 new jobs.
The specialist care and dementia facility has been earmarked to replace the derelict pub building, on Normanby Road.
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Artist's impression: How the proposed new care home, planned for the site of the Crosby Hotel in Normanby Road, Scunthorpe, will look if it gets the go-ahead.
This artist's impression shows the plan for the new 56-bedroom home, which will come with a separate two-storey independent living unit.
The scheme has been brought forward by Marjara Care Homes, CR Parrott Consultants and the GS Kelsey building contractor.
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If planning permission for the venture is awarded by North Lincolnshire Council, work is expected to begin next spring, with the facility opening in 2014.
Sukhi Marjara, managing director of Marjara Care Homes, said it would bring something new to Scunthorpe.
He said: "This is another project that we are providing in the area but we are being quite specific about the complex dementia needs that can be addressed. In the past four years, we have invested heavily in our staff to understand the different needs and different types of dementia.
"This facility can be quite flexible to deal with different types of dementia and give people independence and dignity."
Mr Marjara said the centre would also include a daycare facility and services open to the public.
Mr Marjara said: "We didn't just want to create another care home because we are getting to a stage where there are going to be different levels of dementia care to be addressed."
The Crosby Hotel building was recently highlight as an eyesores by the Scunthorpe Telegraph.
It will be demolished to make way for the new development.
Chris Parrott, managing director of CR Parrott Consultants, said the project would breathe new life into the area.
He said: "It is the redevelopment of a previously redundant site and it is going to be using certain renewable technology as part of the planning requirements."
Construction of the facility will be done by Yaddlethorpe-based GS Kelsey.
Mr Parrott said he felt it was important to support local firms.
He said: "We are pleased to be associated with the scheme and the confidence shown by the client in this development."
Councillor Mark Kirk, who represents the Crosby ward on North Lincolnshire Council, said he supported the project.
He said: "If you are going to talk about getting facilities for people suffering with dementia, they need to be the best facilities. If it means you have to demolish the Crosby to build such a facility, it can only be good.
"It will tidy up a site that has been empty for a number of years and it will hopefully bring jobs into the area and care for those people who need it."
Comments
by TonyGr
Saturday, November 24 2012, 6:23PM
“Is this any more likely to be built than the site on Doncaster Road (opposite the Royal Hotel) which is intended for similar facilities? How much demand is there in Scunthorpe for Care Homes?”
by SisterWendy9
Saturday, November 24 2012, 6:01PM
“still alive - she's 95 (bless her)
sitting in wee - number 3
gone to Heaven - room number 7
Oh no, there's a pill with my name on it in Switzerland!”
by HattyTood
Saturday, November 24 2012, 4:51PM
“Yep bingo, I can be resident number caller . . .
key to the door - 84
top of the shop - Ethel at 102
young & pretty - number 60
times to chew - 42
things to take - pills at 8”
by SisterWendy9
Saturday, November 24 2012, 4:32PM
“Bingo???????!!!!!! Oh Christ no! I'd rather go to Dignitas!
Vera Lynn, bingo, no money to escape with, mushed food, day trips, rubber sheets. NO! NO! NO!
But they are allowed to keep one small item of their own furniture - a home from home.”
by HattyTood
Saturday, November 24 2012, 4:10PM
“** if you spent all your time in that place drinking, smoking and taking in all the illegal substances, and dancing to headbanging music at full volume, then you probably need a home that will be able to cope with the problems **
I think you'll find most of lifes problems are caused by people now being herded like cattle, controlled and led by the nose, yapped at by do-gooders who want to ban anything and everything that was once enjoyment for many.
Pubs are closing because we can't smoke there anymore. TV is full of self serving sanctimonious mass produced garbage aimed at the low IQ generation, and any music that isn't 'mainstream' is frowned upon by those who have the musical knowlege of a dead turtle.
So, those of us who don't 'conform' are left to slowly stagnate and slide into boredom and insanity . . . . with the offer of bingo and a haircut awaiting us when we lose it completely”
by TurkishAli
Saturday, November 24 2012, 2:05PM
“This is a nice looking, modern building, hopefully with all the facilities that the clients require! It is a shame the the "mock Tudor" Crosby (or Henry) has gone, but it was well past its sell-by date, and the punters left it faster than rats on a sinking ship! No one wanted to buy and refurbish the place in the current climate; just look at the number of public houses that are closing every week.It is a natural progression from pub to dementia home.........if you spent all your time in that place drinking, smoking and taking in all the illegal substances, and dancing to headbanging music at full volume, then you probably need a home that will be able to cope with the problems. Good luck to Mr Marjara!”
by thinkank
Saturday, November 24 2012, 1:12PM
“looks like another nhs doctor building a so called care home knowing full well he/she will be able to claim their houses once theyhave passed away. sad”
by SisterWendy9
Saturday, November 24 2012, 11:22AM
“Just imagine having to spend your final years banged up in the place and in that awful area of town.
What a way to end up.”
by Hazzers
Saturday, November 24 2012, 10:04AM
“Does it have a bar?
If it's for old people it maybe should have a ballroom and a bowling green ar the back......oh hang on.... the Crosby did have these originally.”
by WalterGulag
Saturday, November 24 2012, 9:47AM
“If you didn't know it was a Care Home one might confuse it with the office for a Law Firm. I hope the back has a real walled garden for the old folks to sit in as the views in any direction are a little depressing.”