Plans have been submitted to build retirement apartments and a care home on the site of SMC Euroclamp at Bollington.

Liberty Care Developments Limited and McCarthy & Stone Retirement Lifestyles want to bulldoze the industrial buildings currently on the land at Albert Road to make way for 40 apartments and a 75-bed care home.

A planning statement submitted by AshtonHale on behalf of the applicant states: "The care element of the proposed development comprises 75 en suite bedrooms.

"The retirement living element includes a total of 40 apartments – 26 one-bedroom and 14 two-bedroom.

"The scheme has been designed so whilst the two elements complement and interact with each other, creating a wider community, they are also distinct and can operate separately."

The purpose-built retirement living property will include the 40 apartments, a communal lounge, guest suite, CCTV entry, 24-hour careline, day manager and maintained gardens.

The planning document says: "It will be bespoke accommodation for those residents that are aged 55 years and over and require supported housing in a community environment."

It will be a three-story building and 'set back considerably from Albert Road'.

The 2.5-storey care home will be designed to provide specialist dementia care and the 24-hour elderly nursing care required for many of the residents.

The planning statement says: "The residents in the care home will have reached a stage where they cannot safely live in their own homes or unable to acquire the correct type of care in hospital.

"The care home is to be accessed from the eastern access and has its own car park."

The building will front Albert Road at a similar positioning to existing built development on the site.

A report commissioned by the applicants states there is a need for both types of accommodation proposed.

The planning document says the attempts to market the site for employment uses have proved unsuccessful.

It adds: "Despite the proposals resulting in a loss of employment land, the proposals would result in a marked increase in employment opportunities, specifically 61 additional FTE (full-time equivalent) jobs compared to existing operations."

The application, number 26/2249/FUL, can be viewed on the planning portal on Cheshire East Council's website.

The last date for submitting comments is August 5.