THE owners of a York nursing home have been given the go-ahead to create extra accommodation.
Five additional suites will be built at Haisthorpe House, in Holgate Road, which provides care for people with mental health problems, allowing the home to meet room-size requirements.
City of York Council originally gave permission for the scheme in 2007, but this expired and meant the owners of the nursing home, which is a listed building, had to submit a fresh application.
A statement by the architects for the scheme, Woodcock Billington LLP, said the new rooms would meet “a very important local need in a careful and considered manner”.
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