Alternative site assessment Elderly care home Fleet Road, Elvetham Bridge, Fleet, Hampshire, GU51 1AF Prepared for: Barchester Healthcare Limited Carterwood Report – December 2020 Prepared by: ▪ Sector specialists 01454 838038 Peter Nurse, Associate ▪ Data quality [email protected] BSc (Hons) MRICS ▪ Innovation www.carterwood.co.uk Alternative site assessment December 2020 Fleet Road, Elvetham Bridge, Fleet, Hampshire, GU51 1AF Contents Page KEY FINDINGS AND INTRODUCTION 1. Background 4 2. Carterwood 4 3. Sources of information 4 THE PROPOSAL 4. Barchester Healthcare Limited 6 5. Description of application proposal 7 6. Subject site appraisal 8 METHODOLOGY 7. Site identification 10 8. Site selection 11 DETAILED SITE ANALYSIS 9. Rear of 4 Western Lane, Odiham, RG29 1TJ 14 10. Thurlston House, Victoria Hill Road, Fleet, GU51 4LQ 15 11. Lismoyne Hotel, 45 Church Road, Fleet, GU51 4NE 16 12. Admiral House, Reading Road North, Fleet, GU51 4YA 17 13. Land rear of Albion Yard, Hook Road, North Warnborough, RG29 1EU 18 14. The Acorns, Rye Common, Odiham, RG29 1HU 19 15. Details of planned provision from planning need assessment 20 CONCLUSIONS 16. Conclusions 22 APPENDICES Appendix A: Identified sites Appendix B: Commercial & residential agent enquiries Appendix C: List of tables and figures Appendix D: Definitions and reservations Carterwood, analysing markets in health & social care. Tel: 01454 838038 Contents 1 Alternative site assessment December 2020 Fleet Road, Elvetham Bridge, Fleet, Hampshire, GU51 1AF KEY FINDINGS AND INTRODUCTION Carterwood, analysing markets in health & social care. Tel: 01454 838038 2 Alternative site assessment December 2020 Fleet Road, Elvetham Bridge, Fleet, Hampshire, GU51 1AF T1 Background Carterwood Chartered Surveyors has been commissioned to prepare an alternative site assessment on behalf of Barchester Healthcare Limited in support of a planning application for an elderly care home at Fleet Road, Elvetham Bridge, Fleet, Hampshire, GU51 1AF. T2 Proposal scheme The proposed scheme comprises a new 64-bedroom care home arranged over part two and part three storeys, together with associated communal spaces, back of house and service areas, car and cycle parking, landscaping and planting. T3 Methodology • This study has endeavoured to identify all suitable, available and achievable sites for development within the Hart District Council local authority boundary. • Carterwood has based the research on publicly available planning policy documents, local commercial and residential agent research, national healthcare property agent research, the relevant local authority estates department, and planning and property websites. • Carterwood has undertaken a site filtering process in order to ascertain whether any sites identified are considered potentially suitable for the subject elderly care home scheme and therefore require further assessment. T4 Conclusions • Our initial desktop research identified a total of 219 potential sites within the Hart DC area. We assessed all 219 sites against elderly care home operator requirements, which identified 6 potential sites (allowing for duplications) that required further assessment as they fulfilled all or part of our initial desktop site assessment process. Having assessed each of the 6 identified sites utilising our search criteria, there are no alternative sites that are suitable, available and achievable. • Having utilised an extensive and robust research approach in identifying and analysing sites that could be considered as potential alternative sites for the subject scheme, this report concludes that the proposed development at Fleet Road, Elvetham Bridge, is the only site that is suitable, available and achievable within the Hart District Council area for the proposed elderly care home. Figure 1: Location of the proposed scheme and its catchment area Notes: The proposed care home is shown by the red dot and the Hart District Council boundary edged dark blue. Carterwood, analysing markets in health & social care. Tel: 01454 838038 Key findings and introduction 3 Alternative site assessment December 2020 Fleet Road, Elvetham Bridge, Fleet, Hampshire, GU51 1AF 1. Background supports several industry organisations, including Care England, the National Care Forum, the Associated Retirement Community Operators and Housing LIN. 1.1. Carterwood Chartered Surveyors has been commissioned to prepare an alternative site assessment on behalf of Barchester Healthcare, in support of a planning 3. Sources of information application for a 64-bed care home for the elderly. 3.1. The subject site lies within the boundary of Hart District Council (Hart DC). 1.2. This report has been prepared as an independent opinion of the subject site, to ensure that the proposed care home is provided in the most suitable location. The 3.2. We have therefore focused our search for an alternative site within this local site has been assessed against alternative development sites identified within the authority area in its entirety. Hart District Council area. This report explains the process and methodology behind the assessment and details our findings and conclusions. 3.3. We have utilised the most recent data available on Hart DC’s website, and the documents we have considered are listed in Section 7, below. All are relatively 1.3. The assessment has reviewed and analysed all of the potential sites within the recent documents in their final published form. defined search area. Our research has identified a total of 219 sites, all of which are detailed within Appendix A. 3.4. We have also utilised the following online research tools: 1.4. This report has been prepared by Peter Nurse BSc (Hons) MRICS and reviewed by ● www.rightmove.co.uk; Jessamy Venables BSc (Hons) MSc MRICS of Carterwood Chartered Surveyors. ● www.buyacarehome.co.uk. Limitations 3.5. We have researched commercial property and estate agents active in the area and specialist national healthcare property agents, together with the estates department 1.5. With the ongoing presence of COVID-19 and the exit of the UK from the European of the council. Union (Brexit), we are in a highly volatile market. Our reports are prepared using high quality data and expert analysis from our experienced team. Any 3.6. We have relied upon comments and opinions from these sources and based our recommendations made are based upon the market and financial climate as at the assessment on the results of this research. date of issue of the report, but do not take into account future economic or market fluctuations caused by the events outlined above or other unforeseen activity. It may be appropriate to review a commissioned report once the future economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been more fully modelled and clarification of the terms of Brexit has been achieved. 2. Carterwood 2.1. Carterwood is a chartered surveying company that was launched in October 2008 that provides consultancy advice across the healthcare property sector to a range of private and voluntary sector operators, developers and funders. Carterwood has worked with over 400 clients in the social care sector, including 85 per cent of the top 20 care home operators and the majority of older people’s housing developers and operators. Carterwood is typically commissioned to prepare over 100 consultancy reports per annum, providing one of the most comprehensive databases of research of any company. The company also works with and Carterwood, analysing markets in health & social care. Tel: 01454 838038 Key findings and introduction 4 Alternative site assessment December 2020 Fleet Road, Elvetham Bridge, Fleet, Hampshire, GU51 1AF THE PROPOSAL Carterwood, analysing markets in health & social care. Tel: 01454 838038 5 Alternative site assessment December 2020 Fleet Road, Elvetham Bridge, Fleet, Hampshire, GU51 1AF 4. Barchester Healthcare Limited 4.1. Founded in 1983 with just one care home, Barchester Healthcare now employs over 17,000 people to care for 10,000 residents at over 200 purpose-built care homes and six independent mental health hospitals across the UK. The company was listed as one of the Recommended Large Care Home Groups in the carehome.co.uk Top 20 Awards 2019 and is the only care provider to be accredited as one of the best companies to work for in the UK by Best Companies. 4.2. Barchester Healthcare’s care homes specialise in elderly care and its hospitals specialise in mental health. 4.3. Barchester Healthcare continues to grow steadily, with new developments planned into the future. Consistently remaining at the forefront of private healthcare in the UK, it has a solid reputation, gained not only for providing award winning care and services to thousands of residents throughout the UK, but also for investment in its employees. Figure 3: Location map of the subject site Figure 2: National overview Carterwood, analysing markets in health & social care. Tel: 01454 838038 The proposal 6 Alternative site assessment December 2020 Fleet Road, Elvetham Bridge, Fleet, Hampshire, GU51 1AF 5. Description of application proposal 5.1. The proposed scheme comprises a new 64-bedroom care home, arranged over part two and part three storeys, together with associated communal spaces, back of house and service areas, car and cycle parking, landscaping and planting. The elderly care home accommodation will provide 100 per cent single accommodation, with each bedroom equipped with an en-suite wetroom. The home will be fully purpose built and comply with or exceed all modern regulatory and market standards for new elderly care home developments. The location of the site is shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3 above. 5.2. The home will provide 24-hour support and care for the frail elderly, meeting a full range of residential, nursing and dementia care needs. 5.3. It is anticipated that the care home will create jobs for approximately 50–60 staff (full time equivalent) and 70–80 jobs overall (including both part time and full time positions). 5.4. An aerial photograph showing the subject site (edged approximately in red for identification purposes only) is provided opposite. Further detail in respect of the proposal can be found in the planning statement accompanying the application.