A DEVELOPER behind plans for a new care home has given a reassurance that it will not impact on residential traffic.

Keyland Gregory Limited has applied to build a one, two and three-storey, 60-room care home on land at Tribune Way, on the Centurion Office Park, at Clifton Moor, York.

Under the plans, there would be a pedestrian link to the home from Hornbeam Close, which is on the Woodland Chase estate.

Albert Rowland, a resident in the area, had expressed concerns that the road would not be suitable for emergency vehicles.

But the developer behind the proposed care home has told The Press that Hornbeam Close would not be used for vehicle access to the home.

It said vehicular access would be via Tribune Way from Clifton Moorgate.

Mr Rowland, of Woodland Chase, said: "We're objecting to the walkway because if someone's going to use it, they've got to get down by car - they would then have to go down Hornbeam Close."

He said in a letter to City Of York Council that the proposal "would be an intrusion on the peace and sanctity of the residents and houses overlooked creating a very disturbing atmosphere."

He told The Press: "There should be a road going right round the care home so fire engines can service any part of the building - or build the care home 200 metres up the field so that you're right by Tribune Way. You get access direct from there."

Peter Wilkinson, a director at Keyland Gregory Limited, said about the proposed pedestrian link: "If somebody's accessing the care home by car, they would want to park as near as they could and therefore vehicles would come in on the opposite side of the care home to Hornbeam Close - because that's near to the care home and where the car park is."

Responding to concerns that the home would be an intrusion, he said: "It's an elderly person's care home - how can that have the effect that's being suggested?

"I would imagine it's one of the quietest uses you could have for the site."

He said the home would have an internal road surrounding it that emergency services vehicles would be able to use so they could gain access to the site.

"We're unable to build the care home nearer to Tribune Way because we don't own the land and the land in question is occupied by a building," he added.

A statement accompanying the application said: "The wings of the home are arranged so that the one and two-storey elements are situated closest to the existing residential development."