Our Proposal

We have recently acquired land off Warwick Street, Daventry and are in the early stages of working up proposals for the site’s development to provide new, specialist retirement accommodation, together with landscaping, indoor communal facilities and on-site car parking.

The proposals have been designed to create a comprehensive retirement community, that allows residents to live an active and independent lifestyle in a city centre location, within close access to shops and local amenities.

Our plans for a new, vibrant retirement community, providing choice for older people in the local area comprise:

• A high-quality scheme featuring 47 Retirement Living apartments, comprising 26 one-bedroom and 21 two-bedroom units. All available for private sale, part rent-part buy and rental options;
• Communal facilities within the apartment building including a residents’ lounge, guest suite, internal refuse store, and mobility scooter storage with charging points;
• 24-hour emergency-call service;
• Provision of 26 on-site car parking spaces, including electric charging points and disabled bays, for homeowners, staff and visitors;
• Low levels of traffic generation and car ownership given the sustainable location of the site;
• Space for internal cycle and mobility scooter storage with charging points, reflecting the site’s sustainable location
• Ideal location in Daventry, a short walk from local shops, with immediate access to town centre amenities and public transport connections;
• High-quality, professionally landscaped gardens around the site, improving the appearance of the site with new shrub and tree planting.

All estate management is provided in-house by McCarthy Stone.

The West Northamptonshire Core Strategy outlines a growing need for this type of accommodation in Daventry. McCarthy Stone’s proposals would help to address this, allowing local older people the opportunity to move into a more suitable home, while staying close to friends and family in Daventry.

The site has been identified as suitable for development having been allocated as part of site EC3 within the Settlements and Countryside Local Plan (Part 2) For Daventry District 2011-2029 which allocates this site, as well as a larger area of land to the north and west of Daventry town centre for mixed use development, including residential. Given the site’s sustainable location so close to the town centre, it is felt that the delivery of specialist older persons housing is an ideal use.

As well as providing much needed homes for local older people, the development would also:

• Free up at least 94 family-sized and starter homes back onto the local market. Typically, most residents moving to a McCarthy Stone development move within a 5-mile radius of the development. Older people downsizing into this McCarthy Stone community, would release family-sized and starter homes back onto the local market. This residential shift would allow younger people and families in Daventry the opportunity to move into their ideal home, while relieving pressure on developing local greenfield sites;
• Generate approximately £363,000 each year of spending in local shops and businesses. McCarthy Stone residents typically use local shops and services daily or often. With 47 homes proposed for the site, residents of this development would be expected to spend £575,000 each year, £363,000 of which would be in local shops and businesses. Therefore, this new community, located next to the High Street, would provide a vital boost to businesses in Daventry, helping to support local retail jobs and keep shops open in line with Daventry town centre vision project;
• Create savings to the NHS and local heath care service. Each person living in a McCarthy Stone specialist retirement community enjoys a reduced risk of health challenges, including dementia and slips & trips. This reduced health risk creates savings to the local heath service and the NHS of almost £3,500 per person per year. Therefore, this community would help to relieve pressure on the local health service, saving the NHS and social care service a total of approximately £213,000 each year.