New Crawley 64-bed care home planned in Pound Hill off Balcombe Road

The outline application from Muller Property Group seeks permission to demolish number 1066 Balcombe Road and a number of outbuildings on the half-acre site.

It will be discussed by members of the planning committee on Monday (April 24).

Planning officers have recommended that the application be refused, saying that the scale and massing of the proposed U-shaped building would be ‘detrimental’ to the look of the area and ‘unneighbourly’ to other homes.

Another concern centred around the potential loss of trees.

The council has received two letters objecting to the plans with concerns including the scale of the proposed home, the loss of privacy to neighbours and inadequate parking – 24 spaces are proposed.

A spokesman for the scheme said: “Residents who take up these bedrooms are likely to leave much larger homes within the local area, freeing up multi bedroom apartments and houses for local families.