Valley View Court

KEIGHLEY WEST YORKSHIRE

This flagship development for the of Metropolitan Borough Council is set in the unique area of Bogthorne, Oathworth, , on the former Bronte School site this development is phase two of a three-phase scheme.

Part of the council’s “Great Places to Grow Old Scheme”, designed to provide an integrated housing, care and support solution whereby older residents from the Keighley neighbourhood can maintain independent living with access to transport links, local shops and amenities. Client: Metropolitan District Council The £10.9m second phase involved the construction of 69 extra care apartments with a mix of 1 & 2 bedroom units along with a 50-bed residential Architect: Langtry-Langton care and support unit. Both facilities provide communial areas, lounge, activity Value: £10.9m rooms, restaurant, offices, hair and beauty salon and a therapy room. Programme: 24 Months The design concept is in keeping with the local style of Oakworth, retaining the area’s characteristic green rural setting with unobscured views along Contract: JCT D&B 2011 the and surrounding areas. Tree preservation on site plus protection of the South Pennine moors was also a consideration with a water attenuation scheme put in place to keep excess water in tanks before Head Office: Horsefair House, 35 King Street, Alfreton, releasing at a controlled rate. Derbyshire, DE55 7BY Phone: (+44) 01773 546 400 Wildgoose Construction provide a non confrontational Architect Peter McDermott designed “a range of models that makes the approach to contracting, offering build only, design and build and full turnkey solutions. development look almost like a village, rather than an estate, giving something back, from a design point of view, to the area.”