Southampton Council approves city’s largest extra care scheme

City council planners have given the go ahead for Southampton’s largest extra care housing scheme.The planning service has approved the proposals for 84 flats at Wimpson Lane in Maybush, which will be known as Potters Court. On the same site, there will also be a general needs block of 15 flats. The estimated overall project cost is £22 million.The scheme will include 84 homes within a Housing with Care facility, two-thirds of which will be one-bedroom apartments and one-third two-bedroom apartments. The scheme – for eligible city residents with an assessed care need – will also have a communal lounge and guest suite, plus kitchen and dining facility which can be used by others within the wider locality.There will also be 15 general needs homes for over-50s, consisting of nine one-bed and six two-bed apartments.Construction of both parts of the development is expected to be completed in 2019, with First Wessex acting as the council’s development agent.