A PLAN to build 42 extra-care flats and ten bungalows for elderly people has been approved by Darlington Borough Council's cabinet.
The scheme, on council-owned land at East Haven, Yarm Road, aims to help people live independently for longer, so freeing spaces in residential care homes.
Hanover Housing Association has submitted outline plans for the scheme.
John Buxton, the council's director of development and environment, was given permission to negotiate with the association over the sale of the land.
He said that Durham County Council was entitled to half the proceeds of the sale and any subsequent development would be subject to planning permission
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