Stockport Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) has lodged detailed plans to convert the former St Thomas’ psychiatric hospital into a 70-bed care facility and 68 affordable homes, as reported on Place North West.
The MDC secured approval from Stockport Council to progress the proposals earlier this year and the developer, Stockport Homes, has now submitted a planning application with its advisor NJL Consulting.
The project includes for the Academy of Living Well, a new build 70-bed intermediate care and dementia facility on the St Thomas’ site, to provide support for people transitioning between hospital and home.
A further residential development is proposed, of which 35 apartments would be contained within three grade two-listed buildings on the site. An additional two buildings are earmarked for 19 apartments and the remaining 13 affordable homes would be new-build townhouses.
The tenure mix would be 80% shared ownership and 20% social rent, under the plans.
The site falls within the masterplan for Stockport’s Town Centre West regeneration, which sets out proposals for 3,500 homes and more than 1m sq ft of employment space, together with an “urban riverside” comprising a series of public spaces.
Stockport MDC was established in late 2019 to lead regeneration in the town, using the Greater Manchester Mayor’s devolved powers.
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