Two new facilities for people with learning disabilities and autism in Plymouth
If planning permission is granted, they will be built in Efford
Two new properties, due to be built in Plymouth this year, could give people with more complex needs access to specialist respite care.
NHS England has allocated Plymouth City Council a £530,000 grant to improve registered respite facilities in the city for people with learning disabilities and autism.
A decision has been signed to give the go-ahead for the project, which will see two bungalows built in the ground of Douglass House in Efford - as long as planning permission is granted.
The new build properties will mean that those using them can enjoy discreet, specialist support in a safe environment.
Both bungalows will incorporate a range of adaptations as part of their construction and design to make sure that the needs of people will be safely met.
The decision being signed allocates the Transforming Care Capital NHSE grant into the capital programme and also authorises £47,000 to come from the Disabled Facilities Grant to help cover the cost of specialist equipment.
The project team is hoping to apply for planning permission very shortly, and if all goes to plan, the build could start this year, with the intention that the bungalows will be available next year.
It is expected the bungalows will operate as a CQC registered respite centre.