NURSING home bosses are looking to transform a former hospital into scores of flats and houses.
Liverpool-based Springwood Nursing Homes is behind the ambitious scheme to convert the former hospital ward and stable block at Biddulph Grange.
Under the proposals the ward block would be converted into 12 flats and 13 houses, while retaining many of the original art deco style windows and roof terrace.
Two of the three ward wings would be demolished to provide room for 45 car parking spaces.
The conversion of the stable block would provide four flats and 11 houses, with 20 parking spaces in a central courtyard.
In addition four new houses would be built in an area which housed the gardener's cottage, which is empty and semi-derelict.
Moorlands planning chief Mike Sutcliffe said the effect of the scheme on both Biddulph Grange Country Park and the National Trust's Biddulph Grange Garden would be limited.
"Given the increasingly poor condition of the stables and ward blocks and the nature of the scheme it is recommended the proposals be granted planning permission,'' he said.
Businessman David Hartley is also seeking planning approval to convert the vandalised and long-vacant Grade Two listed Biddulph Grange into a private home.
NURSING home bosses are looking to transform a former hospital into scores of flats and houses.
Liverpool-based Springwood Nursing Homes is behind the ambitious scheme to convert the former hospital ward and stable block at Biddulph Grange.
Under the proposals the ward block would be converted into 12 flats and 13 houses, while retaining many of the original art deco style windows and roof terrace.
Two of the three ward wings would be demolished to provide room for 45 car parking spaces.
The conversion of the stable block would provide four flats and 11 houses, with 20 parking spaces in a central courtyard.
In addition four new houses would be built in an area which housed the gardener's cottage, which is empty and semi-derelict.
Moorlands planning chief Mike Sutcliffe said the effect of the scheme on both Biddulph Grange Country Park and the National Trust's Biddulph Grange Garden would be limited.
"Given the increasingly poor condition of the stables and ward blocks and the nature of the scheme it is recommended the proposals be granted planning permission,'' he said.
Businessman David Hartley is also seeking planning approval to convert the vandalised and long-vacant Grade Two listed Biddulph Grange into a private home.
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