Plans have been approved for a new care home development in Kent.

LNT Care Developments will build a new 66-bed Barchester care facility complex on the site of the former Herne Bay Golf Club in Herne Bay.

The scheme will provide residential and dementia care for those aged over 65 years. Features include fully en-suite bedrooms, spacious communal areas and modern amenities such as cinema, library, garden room, tea shop and landscaped gardens.

Construction is to start in June, with completion scheduled for May 2018.


Christine Cooper, Project Director at LNT Care Developments, said: "We are delighted to be building such a fantastic care home for Barchester Healthcare. It is also great news for Herne Bay creating 50 jobs in the local area and providing a high quality resource for elderly people in the local community. The facility will incorporate intelligent dementia design and be eco-friendly by benefitting from ground source heat pumps, solar thermal panels and LED lighting keeping utility costs low."

Mark Bennett, Barchester's Director of Property Services, added: "This site is a beautiful setting for a new Barchester care home and we are very excited about the construction work starting in June. Barchester is committed to the delivery of high quality, person-centred care services in superior care environments and we hope that the new home will not only be loved by future staff and residents, but that it will also become a community hub at the heart of Herne Bay."

(LM/MH)