THE story "22 homes plan for former Crediton Care Home" appeared in the Courier on Friday, March 9, issue 1179.

A planning application has been submitted for the conversion of the former council-run St Lawrence Residential Care Home at Churchill Drive into 22 units comprising one, two and three bedroomed homes.

There are also plans for additional parking at the site and external landscaping.

The plan has been submitted to Mid Devon District Council’s planning committee by KHP (St Lawrence) Ltd of Greenway Road, Torquay and agent Philip Bailey Architects Ltd of the same address.

The care home which closed in 2015 is owned by Devon County Council and is for sale with an asking price of £912,500.

Many people in Crediton feel that St Lawrence Residential Care Home should be reopened and provide care for the elderly in the area, particularly with the extra increases in council tax to help provide social care.

There are also concerns about the extra volume of traffic in what is often a very congested area.

Do you think there is adequate social care in the Crediton area?

Please let me know your thoughts.

You can Contact me at 102 High Street, Crediton or email: [email protected] .

What you told us ……….

Friends of ours moved to St Lawrence Care Home before it closed and they were very happy there. It seems the Government is taking money away but expecting more. The population is rising but the infrastructure is not being improved.Hospital beds are being "highjacked" by people who do not need to be there, sometimes for weeks, because there are no care homes for them to go to. It doesn’t make any difference as to which party is in power it’s always the poor and vulnerable that suffer the most.

John Brooks, Crediton

I think the council should bring back the care homes and alleviate bed blocking and allow families and loved ones to receive the residential care that they need.

Crediton Resident

I think it should be reopened as a care home, we need more elderly care. It’s true we need more homes in Crediton (not flats but family homes), and this is currently being addressed. Council-run care homes should be a priority especially as the council tax has gone up so much to presumably include some aspect of social care.

Rebecca Hurst-Smith, Crediton

It does concern me that the council has backed out of elderly care. What is to become of older people?

Morchard Bishop Resident