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BBC News
03-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Over 100 homes could be built at Devon former holiday park
More than 100 new homes could be built on the site of a former holiday park in south have been submitted to Torbay Council for the demolition of lodges and the construction of 110 homes at Sladnor Park, Maidencombe, in in 1800, the former folly was a holiday complex from the 1970s until it closed in 1988, and has since been subject to a number of planning applicants Pegasus Group said the site had the opportunity to "create one of the best places to live" in the district that had "historical significance". Most of the buildings on the site have been demolished over the years including the main house after a fire in 1994, says the Local Democracy Reporting has been the subject of a number of planning applications since then, with proposals including a golf course and fishing planning permission was previously given for a retirement 2021, a proposal for a retirement community was refused because of its landscape impact, inadequate drainage and lack of affordable housing. Pegasus said it wanted to create a "landscape-dominated new place to live, work and play"."Sladnor Park will be a highly desirable place to live for the 21st Century and beyond. "The proposals respect the local character but also move the community towards a more sustainable future, through a significant increase in housing choice." It added: "The aim is to achieve a development with a strong identity and distinct sense of place, whilst at the same time integrating with the existing community."Several groups have opposed developing the area, including the Maidencombe Residents' group's website notes: "Sladnor is located in a unique and highly environmentally sensitive area, it is rich in historic character and the home of numerous rare and protected wildlife species."
South China Morning Post
08-06-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Macau firm bets on luxury senior living in Zhuhai to attract affluent Hong Kong retirees
A Macau conglomerate is targeting Hong Kong's affluent retirees with a new luxury senior housing project in the Greater Bay Area, capitalising on a shortage of high-end retirement options for the city's affluent retirees. Advertisement 'There is a lack of high-quality lifestyle retirement [options] in Hong Kong,' said Amber Li, founder of Serensia Woods, a 13,500-square-metre (145,313 sq ft) retirement community in Zhuhai's Hengqin district. The community, on an island largely in the Guangdong city neighbouring Macau, includes a 133-room hotel, four residential towers with a total of 300 units, two wellness centre towers and a spa centre. The 2 billion yuan (US$278.4 million) project is part of HN Group, a century-old Macau conglomerate that began importing Portuguese products in 1920 and has since diversified into retail, engineering and other sectors. 'For Hongkongers who have the financial means to retire, you do not have a choice,' Li said, adding that most people will live at home, which lacks a guaranteed level of professional care. Average prices at Serensia Woods start at HK$10 million. Photo: Handout The development aims to tap into a growing demographic: by 2046, 36 per cent of Hong Kong's population will be over 65, up from 23 per cent last year, according to an Our Hong Kong Foundation research report published in April. Currently, 80 per cent of seniors prefer living in their own homes to moving into a care facility, the report found.
BBC News
28-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Street shopping centre to be demolished for retirement flats
Plans to turn a shopping centre into a retirement community have been allowed on appeal.A planning inspector approved proposals for Crispin Centre in Street, Somerset, after a six-day appeal hearing, following a rejection from county councillors in July Living can now demolish the shopping centre, built in 1979, and construct a retirement complex in its place, with 45 apartments and 11 retirement Council had objected for reasons including a lack of parking, an unattractive design and possible damage to a historic mural at the centre featuring unusual buildings of the county. Churchill Living said the development was "in a sustainable location" and would deliver "tangible benefits" to the local permission was granted subject to a number of conditions, namely, that construction should begin no later than three years after the decision and the home should be for over-55s only. Churchill developed the Riverain Lodge retirement apartments in Taunton town centre. It secured planning permission in 2024 to deliver a similar development on a former police station site in Wells.A spokesman for Churchill Living said it was "frustrating" the application had to be decided at appeal despite "overwhelming community support" for the added it was "good news" for people living in and around Street as people moving into retirement housing will "unlock second-hand, family-sized homes" for others. "Retirement housing in town centre settings are shown to bring about increased footfall and expenditure in local shops and businesses," they added.
