Senior Living Homes

At Prime Land we have a range of requirements for development land and sites for senior living homes.

By 2032 there will be 5 million people aged over 80 living in the UK. That’s two million more than there are today. But, research by Irwin Mitchell and Knight Frank show that currently there are only 700,000 senior living units built in England.

A separate report, entitled ‘Healthier and Happier – an analysis of the fiscal and wellbeing benefits of building more homes for later living, also confirms that there is also a serious shortfall in care homes provision in the UK.

The term ‘senior living’ homes covers – and we’re in the market for land for all of these:

• Care Homes.
• Retirement Living Flats in urban areas.
• Retirement Villages including close car

Later living developers now also talk about building ‘Integrated Retirement Communities’. These retirement communities bring together the specialist accommodation and facilities designed to support people in older age. This integrated approach is championed by Associated Retirement Community Operators (ARCO).

Prime Land’s Goals for Senior Living Homes

Prime Land’s goals for buying sites for senior living homes and communities are:

• To help service the gap in the provision of senior living accommodation across the UK.
• To raise awareness of the lack of homes for senior living.
• To help address the difficulties in sourcing land for senior living homes.

The Planning Authorities are the chief culprit. There were a few crumbs of comfort in the recent proposed changes by Central Government.