Controversial Wolverhampton care home extension put back on agenda
A controversial scheme to extend a Wolverhampton care home is back on the table – despite the plans having already been thrown out twice this year.
Bosses at Wrottesley House care home in Tettenhall want to build a single storey extension in the grounds of an adjacent plot at 46A Wrottesley Road.
The original plans were rejected by Wolverhampton City Council's planning committee in January, and a scaled down version was also blocked in March.
But developers have resubmitted the latter application after accusing planners and residents of failing to appreciate the differences in the proposals.
The development would provide six new rooms, which will be connected to the main property via a link building.
Each room will have en-suite facilities, and there will also be day room space and assisted sanitary accommodation.
A design and access statement submitted as part of the plans says the extension will not affect the 'open character' of the neighbourhood. It also says the link building 'will be barely visible' from Wrottesley Road and 'will not affect the leafy suburban character of the frontage'.
It adds: "In principle, the planning committee and local residents failed to appreciate the differences to the proposals."
The original scheme featured plans for a larger link building and would have seen 11 new bedrooms for residents. But the plans have once again sparked anger among residents.
