A new £13m care home in Bristol has been granted planning permission, which will create 140 jobs.
Cornerstone Healthcare, a Portsmouth-based nursing home provider, has been given the go-ahead to build the 80-bedroom property within the Imperial Park development in the south of the city.
The £13m project is being partly funded by Cornerstone and their equity investors Ignite Growth, which is expected to be completed in the autumn of 2023, reports Business Live.
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Cornerstone has confirmed the building will have solar panels on the roof to provide electricity and will use environmentally friendly air source heat pumps to heat and cool the building. It will also have a rooftop garden and a sustainable drainage system.
Danny Sharpe, of care home designers Northstar, said the property was “on course” for an ‘Excellent’ certification from the sustainability assessment body Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM).
He said: “Our client Cornerstone Healthcare is very forward thinking and sees the huge benefits in having a thermally efficient, ‘green’ building which will lead the way for care homes in the future.”
The scheme will be worked on by specialist care home architect and project management consultancy Northstar and sustainability experts Sustainable Construction Services.
Forbes Stuart of Ignite added: “We are delighted to continue to support the Cornerstone team with the next phase in their development plan to extend its services to the South West.
“The green credentials of this build are equally pleasing as climate change is at the forefront of everyone’s mind now more than ever”.
Cornerstone already has care homes in Waterlooville, in Portsmouth; in Southampton; and Camberley in Surrey.
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