To support MACC Group’s Planning Application for the creation of an 81-bedroom care home with verdant landscaping at this allocated site off Tamworth Road, Lichfield.
Land at Tamworth Road, Lichfield
Planning Application: 23/01342/FULM
Making a positive contribution in Lichfield – socially, economically, environmentally
Located to the southeast of Lichfield’s settlement boundary, the site forms part of a residential/ commercial allocation, with the land to the south already granted permission for 520 dwellings and 12.8ha of employment floorspace as part of the Cricket Lane development. This proposed care home would simply ‘finish off’ the allocation, so that much needed specialist housing stock can be brought forward in the Borough.
MACC Care homes are widely considered to be assets, well-integrated within the communities they serve.
The Group’s proposal for the creation of an 81 bedroom care home at Tamworth Road mirrors the successful commissioning of its state-of-the-art homes, the most recent being Leighton Rose in Bedfordshire, which opened in June 2024.
- The proposal addresses the need for greater professional care provision given Lichfield’s growing elderly demographic.
“Between the last two censuses (held in 2011 and 2021), the population of Lichfield increased by 5.7%…The number of people aged 75 to 84 years rose by just under 3,500 (an increase of 57.2%)”
How life has changed in Lichfield: Census 2021 (ons.gov.uk)
- The proposal will also create jobs for local people – in the supply chain throughout the build and once commissioned, on average 60 new roles once the care home is operational.
- The Tamworth Road project will be a sustainable build.
MACC Group is committed to utilising renewable and green energy sources.
A combination of water, energy efficiency, design and construction measures will contribute to achieving a Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) rating of ‘Very Good’ or above.
Renewable energy use – solar and air source heat pumps – will contribute to the target of delivering a gas-free building.
The benefits of green space
Residents and their families will be able to enjoy the therapeutic benefits of the great outdoors through creative landscaping in keeping with the site’s peaceful canal-side setting. Pollinator-friendly planting will encourage wildlife and support biodiversity.
About MACC Group
Incorporated in 2004 with the aim of addressing the care and accommodation needs of elderly and vulnerable adults, MACC Group has grown to become one of the Midland’s leading developers and operators of turnkey care homes and residential schemes.
Under its MACC Care and MACC Retirement brands the Group addresses the increasing demand for high quality care and residential provision within an ageing population.
Progressive, innovative, at the forefront of the care sector
MACC Care creates bespoke care home developments that deliver clinical excellence twinned with the compassionate approach that makes a real difference in people’s lives.
Recent Awards
A ‘Top 20 Care Home Group’
Pinders Healthcare Design Awards Winner: ‘Best Interior Design’
West Midlands Conservation Award Winner
Finalists in the Knight Frank Luxury Care Home Awards 2023
Discover more about MACC Care developments:
Invitation
For Councillors who are reading this, we welcome you to visit the site at Tamworth Road for a clearer appreciation of the area’s context and how this allocated site fits with the Cricket Lane development to the south. In addition to this, we welcome you to attend the Blossomfield Rose care home in Solihull, so you can fully appreciate in-person the high quality care that we deliver. We are more than happy to arrange a minibus for your collection and return, and can work to a date convenient for you.
Please contact Eleanor Lovett of Claremont Planning Consultancy as agent for MACC Group, on elovett@claremontplanning.com if you would like to take up this offer.