Homes plan for ‘ageing population’

Proposals for “bungalowstyle mobile homes” in a village have been lodged with planning chiefs.

The planning application, submitted to Durham County Council for vacant land off George Street in Haswell, County Durham, includes up to 13 mobile homes to be used as residential accommodation for over-55s.

According to planning documents, the land benefits from extant permission for residential development, while a design and access statement, adds that the new proposals have been put forward to help meet the demand for “additional relatively low cost single storey accommodation for an ageing population”.

“The impact of using this land to accommodate low bungalow-type mobile homes will be very modest.”