Urban Village Group unveils £12m Berkshire plans

Urban Village Group has revealed plans to develop a £12m care home in a Berkshire village.Eastfield House – a purpose-built 45-bed facility at Whitchurch-on-Thames, near Reading – is the latest development to be unveiled by the property investment and development company.It is expanding its Urban Village Healthcare division across the country and has many senior living developments in the pipeline.Proposals have been submitted to South Oxfordshire District Council for the latest venture, which would include nature walkways, a sensory garden and a pavilion.Also lined up are parking spaces, landscaped gardens, a café/bistro and activity lounges.Construction is projected to start later this year, with the facility set to be let to Bracebridge Care Group for a minimum term of 25 years.Urban Village Group chief executive Nick Sellman said: “Whitchurch-on-Thames provides a beautiful setting for our latest care home development. We are sure that residents will enjoy the nature walkways and sensory garden that form part of our proposal.”Eastfield House will be a highly attractive care scheme which will prove extremely popular with our residents.”