Plans submitted for innovative research and care development in Norwich

We are delighted to be leading an exciting and innovative major development mixing hi-tech research, training and care facilities which could be built on the outskirts of Norwich.

A planning application for inter-generational smart homes on the estate of Colney Hall, adjacent to the Norwich Research Park, has been submitted. If permission is granted, it will be create a massive step change in social care provision, creating the first bespoke social care training campus.

The pioneering project would include an innovation centre with an academic and research facility, teaching and administrative space, plus retirement living/extra care apartments, a care home and student accommodation. It would all be clustered around what is described as a “village centre hub”.

Dr Sanjay Kaushal, chair of Castlemeadow Care, is delighted.: “We’re delighted that the project has reached this stage. Working alongside the University of East Anglia as the strategic training and research partner, it will be the first bespoke social care training campus and encourage more people to enter the sector. 

“By living longer and well, this will help to reduce admissions into the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, freeing bed space to increase treatment capacity such as those patients on the waiting list for treatments."

Professor Charles ffrench-Constant, UEA pro-vice chancellor for medicine and health sciences, said: “A pioneering development of this kind, with the scale and ambitions set out in the application, will enable UEA’s core strengths to be applied in a way that can generate benefits in living, care, health, training and environmental sustainability, that will ripple out much more widely, starting with the local area.”

He added "The next generation would not forgive us if we didn’t take the opportunity to ensure this scheme was delivered."

Eastern Daily Press coverage can be read here: Massive care village planned for edge of Norwich | Eastern Daily Press (edp24.co.uk)

We will keep everyone updated on news about this major development as it progresses.