Welcome
This consultation is presented on behalf of Churchill Retirement Living and invites you to provide feedback on our initial proposals for a new high-quality retirement community at the former car park, Station Road West, Canterbury.
The proposed site comprises the former temporary car park at Station Road West which closed following the completion of the multi-storey car park on the same road and is inaccessible to the public. The site has been allocated for residential development in the adopted Local Plan, the Council’s brownfield register, and the emerging Local Plan.
Churchill Retirement Living’s vision for the site is for a mixture of new retirement apartments designed specifically for individuals in later life who want to carry on living independently with the safety, support and sense of community that comes with living in a retirement living community.
New retirement living homes in the town centre will create a considerable uplift in footfall and spending in local shops and support jobs on the high street. Research shows that a new retirement living community will generate extra spending in the region of £420,000 per year in the local high street. This will particularly benefit the shops and facilities of St Dunstan’s Street, under a five-minute walk away.
This website provides a wide range of information regarding the site, our plans and more information regarding Churchill Retirement Living’s communities. You can review this information using the tabs on the website and by looking at our virtual exhibition.
Your views
We value your feedback on our proposed development so please provide your views via our feedback page.
Your comments will be used to help evolve the proposals prior to a planning application being submitted to the Local Planning Authority. How your comments have been considered will be detailed in a Statement of Community Involvement that will support the future planning application for the site.
Please don’t hold off in expressing any support for the proposals, as this will assist in the determination of the planning application.