Continuing Care Retirement Communities : A Guide to Planning

In 1999, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation opened the UK's first continuing care retirement community in New Earswick, York.

Further retirement communities have followed and whilst such schemes have a number of obvious benefits, difficulties frequently arise with the planning applications; for example, concerning Use Class classification (C2 or C3), locational sustainability and Green Belt/open countryside policies.

This is a comprehensive manual; providing information on continuing care retirement communities to enable planners to have a better understanding of their characteristics and including guidelines to encourage the development of such schemes.

Published with support from the Planning Officers Society, the guide will be a valuable resource for planners and others working in local authorities, housing associations, retirement housing development and care provision.

It will also be of value to councillors and others with an interest in these matters.