A CARE home which was closed due to a “chronic” lack of nurses is set to be converted into homes if planners give the move the nod.

Marton’s Westmoor View shut its doors earlier this year after 30 years serving residents.

Now fresh blueprints have been lodged by owners Craig and Natalie Daniels aiming to turn the 40-bed nursing home into three detached houses complemented by two extra five-bedroom homes.  

The nursing home was operated by Springfield Care and provided nursing, convalescence, palliative and respite care alongside care for younger people with physical disabilities.

It closed earlier this year after bosses pointing to a “chronic” lack of nurses nationally which left the home reliant on agency staff.

At the time, Ms Daniels said: “Sadly, the company has hit a crisis point in recruiting qualified nursing and management staff despite a very significant investment of time and resources.

“Without a permanent nursing team trained to our standards we are heavily reliant on agency nurses. 

“This has meant we have found it difficult to provide consistency in care.

“This puts residents at risk of not receiving the care that they are assessed.”

All its former residents were transferred out to alternative care homes by early February. 

The Dixons Bank facility was made up of a large manor house dating from 1870 as well as a second more modern building from the 1980s. 

A design statement shows the developer’s intention to “maintain a feeling of grandeur” at the original manor house by keeping its large garden.

Documents also revealed conversion work is already underway. 

The plans also set how the main nursing block would be split into two large four-bedroom homes with two new two-and-a-half storey properties on the wider site. 

A planning statement added: “The new dwellings and conversions are an efficient way of providing affordability whilst respecting the local area. 

“The designs make a positive contribution to the development and in turn the area, allowing for a design which will be suitable for use by the potential new owners and also secure a higher standard of living expected by future generations to come.”

The design statement also underlined how the Marton care home became “inefficient as a business” resulting in its closure. 

The planning statement added: “Living locally, they (the owners) decided that the home would have great potential to be returned to its original use as a dwelling house for their own use.”