Penoyre & Prasad gets green light for older people's homes

Penoyre & Prasad has won consent for Hampshire’s first purpose-built health and well-being campus for the over-55s.

The practice has been given the green light by Hampshire County Council for a 13,600sq m scheme comprises an 80-bed nursing home, 51 affordable extra care flats and 48 affordable and market-supported living apartments with a shared community hub.

Designed on a domestic scale around a series of landscaped courtyard spaces, the development will provide a wide range of tenures in a bid to ensure a sustainable and mixed community. The scheme forms part of Hampshire council’s “ageing well” strategy.

Greg Penoyre from Penoyre & Prasad said: “The Oak Park Health and Well-being Campus is a new model of integrated living and care for elderly people which will provide for a range of residents’ needs and make a positive contribution to the wider local community.

“The design sets out to make an enjoyable and sustainable environment with inviting, human-scaled buildings set in rich and active landscaped gardens.”