Extra Care Housing #ProjectEdenside

In December 2018, The Oaklea Trust became the owner of the former Edenside Residential Care Home in Appleby, Cumbria. Edenside, in Holme Street in Appleby, has remained unoccupied since Storm Desmond in December 2015.

The Oaklea Trust, is keen to develop the site into Extra Care Housing for local elderly people. This part of our website will keep you up to date with plans.

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LATEST NEWS:

Demolition gets the go ahead – December 2023

Westmorland & Furness Council planners gave approval for the demolition of the site in December 2023 – more details here https://www.oakleatrust.co.uk/demolition-gets-go-ahead-extra-care-delight/

Community Engagement Meeting 14 Nov 2023

Many thanks for joining us. The event was a big success and it was good to meet so many interested people. You can see videos which include our Chair, Chris Harris and CEO Clive Wigley plus much more detailed information here https://www.oakleatrust.co.uk/moving-forward-together-on-edenside/

Talks ongoing – 26 May 2023

As part of the planning permission for our Edenside development the team are currently working through several planning conditions and good progress is being made. We continue to talk with the Environment Agency and other relevant authorities in respect of the support which Oaklea can offer to the ongoing Doomgate Culvert Project.

We will continue to provide updates on progress as they happen.

Working group established – 9 May 2023

Oaklea have met onsite with our contractor and the Environment Agency with a view to taking forward Project Edenside. We have established a project working group that is due to meet on 25 May 2023 and following this further progress information will be shared via our social media.

Sign of the times – 28 March 2023

The signage has been updated – thanks to our team at R2W Community Works! (especially Learner, Kelvin!)

Hold the front page! – 27 March 2023

The C&W Herald devoted more detail to the planning approval – you can read more here plus quotes from Oaklea CEO Clive Wigley https://cwherald.com/news/4-million-project-to-replace-applebys-edenside-care-home/

Big planning update 16 March 2023 – Big news!

Eden District Council Planning Committee met for the last time today (16 March) -and following a unanimous decision – Oaklea’s plans were given approval. Still much work to do and discussions to be had but a major milestone now passed.

The Oaklea Group is delighted that, at long last, our planning application for the redevelopment of the former Edenside Care Home into some fantastic Extra Care Housing has received approval from the Planning Committee held on Thursday 16^th March 2023 (Subject to the signing of a 106 Agreement*).This project, when up and running, will give local people a much-needed housing resource for those in advancing years. Our development brings together desirable accommodation with varying levels of care and support to suit individual needs. We now look forward to progressing the development.
Clive Wigley CEO Oaklea Group

The 106 Agreement was in the planning submission – you can see all the details by visiting the EDC website – just search planning meetings https://www.eden.gov.uk/

Planning update 6 March 2023

We are now expecting the amended planning application to go before EDC planners on March 16th (the January meeting was cancelled). Oaklea Director, Alex Wolfenden: “Once we have a confirmation on our planning application status we will be moving to developing a timeframe for the project to start work on site.”

Statement issued on behalf of Oaklea Trust 19 July 2022

Oaklea Group submitted a planning application to Eden District Council (ref 19/0820) for the development of the former care home site in Appleby in 2019 with the vision of creating a number of Extra Care Apartments.

We initially experienced delays whilst we addressed the issues of future flooding and prevention of flooding for the site and we are now trying to mitigate new requirements from Natural England.

Along with others planning new developments, we await guidance from Natural England on ‘Nutrient Neutrality’ and how this affects our development in the Eden catchment area, but we continue to work with the Planning Authority on how best to address the new requirements and hope to have a resolution to the planning application soon.

It is Oaklea’s intention to keep the community informed of developments as they emerge.

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Gallery of where we started & where we are heading – from community fundraising efforts to consultation events & more!

Get involved

If you have thoughts on our plans, want to fundraise or can contribute in other ways – drop an email to enquiries@oakleatrust.co.uk or T:01539 735025

We couldn’t do it without you – many thanks for all the communal efforts so far!