Care home plan at former Perth hospital site
Plans have been submitted by Yeoman McAllister Architects to build an £8 million care home on the site of an abandoned Perth hospital.
About this development:
- Authority:Perth and Kinross
- Type:Healthcare
- Applications:
- Team:Yeoman McAllister Architects (architect), Westwood Ltd (developer)
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Developer Westwood Ltd wants to create a 77-bed facility at the Dundee Road location which was previously home to the NHS-run Hillside Hospital.
Since then there have been several attempts to reuse the land, including a failed plan to build a hotel and nursing home in 2001.
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If approved, the three-storey development could create around 109 jobs and pump nearly £2 million into the economy each year.
A spokesman for the firm said: “It is estimated that the economic effects of redevelopment would benefit the local area.
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“The ability to increase local spend levels to support new and existing local companies would help broaden the economic base.”
He added: “Development will bring forward a high-quality development and an injection into the local tax base as well as a range of additional business and training opportunities for the population.”
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A previous masterplan for the site was put forward by Edinburgh-based Melford Developments in 2018.