Muller Property Group secures planning for Herefordshire care home

Muller Property Group has secured outline planning permission for an 84-bedroom care home in Leominster, Herefordshire.

Herefordshire Council granted permission for the redevelopment of Barons Cross Garage site, also known as Conod’s Yard.

The approval marks an important step in Muller’s plans to bring modern care accommodation to an area where the last home was built in 2007. A care needs assessment identified a projected shortfall of 153 wet room care beds within the five-mile catchment by 2030, excluding planned provision.

The three-storey care home is arranged around a courtyard. Bedrooms are organised into smaller resident communities, supported by communal spaces and nursing facilities. The proposals include en suite wet rooms throughout, alongside assistive technology and adaptations to support residents with dementia, neurological conditions and complex nursing needs, including palliative care.

Residents will have access to lounges, dining rooms, a café/bistro, cinema, hair and nail salon and private dining spaces. Upper-floor terraces and ground-floor bedroom patios will provide outdoor space for residents.

Landscaping proposals include a courtyard with seating and raised sensory planters, quieter garden spaces and an allotment area where residents can grow produce. New trees and hedging will aim to complement retained mature trees. Detailed landscaping remains subject to a separate approval.

Once operational, the care home is expected to create around 75 jobs, providing positions across care, nursing, hospitality and support roles and contributing to Leominster’s local economy.

‘Our design-led approach at Barons Cross demonstrates how a purpose-built care home can respond sensitively to its surroundings while meeting an identified local need. Huge congratulations to our landowner, the Muller team, and everyone involved in securing this approval. It reflects the detailed research, technical work and collaborative work that underpin our approach to unlocking land, creating places that support residents and wellbeing while contributing positively to the communities around them,’ said Julie Doherty, managing director – care at Muller Property Group.