Inappropriate housing making older people feel ‘trapped’

Housing is increasingly disconnected from public transport and social infrastructure leading to people to grow old in homes that are not suited to how...

InProgress: Cinnamon, Belong, Meallmore and Southway Housing

Construction begins on luxury care facility Stepnell has been awarded a £12m contract to deliver a luxury care facility in Eastcote, Solihull. The construction company recently...

MPs and peers back retirement vision

A group of MPs and lords from a range of political parties are backing calls for the UK retirement community sector to nearly quadruple...

InProgress: McCarthy & Stone; Care UK; Ideal Carehomes; Churchill

Permission granted for £45m scheme McCarthy & Stone has received planning permission for the construction of a £45m retirement living property in Hook, Hampshire. The...

Octopus to sell retirement development to Macc Group

Octopus Real Estate has agreed to sell a proposed retirement community development in Solihull to operator Macc Group. Octopus has been granted detailed planning permission...

Octopus secures site for care home

Octopus Real Estate has secured a site for an 80-bed care home in Blythe Valley Park in Solihull, West Midlands, subject to planning permission. The investor...

InProgress: latest developments

Colten Care Colten Care has opened its latest home, Bourne View in Poole, Dorset. The home has 68 en-suite bedrooms and two guest suites along...
Retirement Living proposals

InProgress: latest developments

McCarthy & Stone McCarthy & Stone is planning to build a Retirement Living development in Oakwood, Leeds. Proposals are being considered by Leeds City Council, with...

In progress: the latest care developments

Meadowsweet Place opens McCarthy and Stone has opened Meadowsweet Place, an over 60s retirement development in Melksham, Wiltshire. The site offers 31 one and two-bedroom apartments...

Inprogress: the latest care developments

Barchester begins build work Care operator Barchester Healthcare has started building care homes in Solihull in the West Midlands, Eastbourne in East Sussex and Sherborne...