IRRAL NEWS W WALLASEY EDITION
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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REVIEW GOES ON ● The former Somerville School site on Gorsey Lane in Wallasey
Primary school numbers are still falling See page 23
Council sells land to group A SOCIAL care organisation is planning to build 70 flats and bungalows for older people on the former Somerville School site in Wallasey. Until earlier this year the old
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EXCLUSIVE By LORNA HUGHES school building on Gorsey Lane was being used to house community groups and the Wirral LA21 Network.
The four-acre site was originally listed for sale at a commercial property auction in Manchester on September 4. But the lot was withdrawn from the
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auction and Wirral Council has agreed to sell the land to social landlord Housing 21 to develop the “extra care” facility. A proposed second phase of development would see the construction of a further nine bungalows. The site adjoins closure-threatened Poulton House care home, which social services bosses now want to keep open for another three years. Director of Social Services John Webb has scrapped plans to spend £1.5m to develop Poulton House as a 60-bed single intermediate care unit
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serving the whole of the borough. Addressing members of Wirral Council’s cabinet last Thursday, Mr Webb said the Housing 21 scheme, if granted planning permission, would “deliver care of high quality”. He also spoke about the plans at last week’s Liscard and Seacombe area forum. In a report he said: “Proposals for the future of Poulton House will be presented to a future cabinet following extensive consultation with staff
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