New 74-bed care home to be built in Newport after developers win appeal
A nursing home is set to be built on the outskirts of Newport, despite the local authority's concerns over the impact the facility would have on the countryside.
A government planning inspector has overruled Telford & Wrekin Council and greenlit plans to build a 74-bed nursing home in Newport.
Bromsgrove-based Barcroft Estates applied in October last year for planning permission to build the new facility next to the Premier Inn hotel and The Three Fishes pub off the A41 Newport Bypass.
The application stated the home would provide specialist care for the elderly, to meet the "continued demand" for the accommodation of "vulnerable older people requiring nursing and dementia care".
Despite attracting the support of Newport Town Council, the application was rejected by Telford & Wrekin Council planning officers, who called the development an "undesirable encroachment" onto rural land, and raised concerns about the impact of the road's noise on future occupants.
