Residents up in arms over retirement village plans on outskirts of Portadown
Residents have raised concerns en masse over a proposed retirement village on the outskirts of Portadown.
Plans for the retirement village, next to the site of the former Glenview Care Home, which closed in 2017, have caused concerns for homeowners on Bleary Road, as well as some in Beaufort Manor – off the Drumnacanvey Road – to the rear of the site.
The care home closed in 2017 after 27 years following a series of critical inspection reports, and multiple plans were lodged for the site over the last 20 years.
The latest iteration – 30 residential units comprising eight assisted living apartments and 22 retirement dwellings – has been met with strong opposition from neighbours.
Plans were lodged back in 2019 but have been amended several times subsequently, most recently last month.
One of the most contentious aspects of the plan is to widen Bleary Road, in front of a row of terraced houses at Blackers Mill Row, which some residents fear could see them lose up to half of their front gardens.
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The President of the Methodist Church in Ireland, the Rev. Dr. John Alderdice will be visiting the Portadown Methodist Circuit and preaching at two services on Sunday, March 23. In the morning, he will attend Thomas Street at 11.30am, and will be in Edenderry Memorial for a United Circuit Evening Service at 7.00pm.
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