Our Proposals
Churchill Retirement Living’s vision for the proposed site is to bring this site into positive and beneficial use as a retirement living development that meets the local need for retirement apartments.
The approved scheme is for 93 apartments and a care home. The care home is now being built and the land has been split in half. As such, Churchill Retirement Living are looking to purchase the site and deliver 73 units, comprising 70 apartments and 3 cottages, in the place of the 93 apartments.
Both the consented scheme and Churchill's proposals are 6 storeys in height. However, Churchill's propose building is lower than the maximum height of the approved scheme.
Further information regarding our exciting proposals for the site in Stowmarket is available in the interactive virtual exhibition below. You can find out more by navigating around the exhibition room and clicking in the display boards and items on the table.
Additional information, including before and after slider plans, is also provided below the virtual exhibition. You can slide left and right to see before and after images.
You can download a copy of the exhibition boards and other materials using the buttons below:
Proposed Site Plan
Benefits of our scheme on the community
Supporting local businesses
The site is well-located to shops and essential services, reducing the need to travel by car and delivering a significant uplift in local expenditure at local shops and businesses.
Recent research, published by Homes For Later Living, shows that on average people retirement communities generate £550,000 of local spending per year, £347,000 of which is spent on the local high street, directly contributing to creating new jobs and enabling high streets to thrive.
Reducing demands on health and social services
Retirement communities reduce the risk of health challenges by helping to reduce social isolation and loneliness for elderly people as well as improving safety and security.
The proposals will reduce the demand on local health and social services as studies have shown that each person living in a retirement community enjoys a reduced risk of health challenges, contributing fiscal savings to the NHS and social care services of approximately £3,500 per year (Homes for Later Living Report - September 2019).
Helping the housing market
Providing homes at the top of the housing ladder, which meet the needs and aspirations of older people, will help to free up homes for growing families and in turn free up more homes for first-time buyers further down the housing chain (Chain Reaction research report).
Regeneration of a vacant site
The proposals would bring a long-term vacant site into positive and beneficial use and make a significant contribution locally in terms of social, economic and environmental benefits.
Meeting the needs of older people
By moving to a Churchill Retirement Community of like-minded people, isolation and loneliness are significantly reduced as are anxieties related to the maintenance of the home and to safety and security experienced by many older people, enabling our residents to enjoy greatly improved health and general wellbeing.
Proposed view from Gipping Way/ Navigation Approach corner junction
Proposed view looking south down Prentice Road