UK: Retirement Villages Group (RVG) has submitted plans for 166 new homes at the site of a former cinema in Tunbridge Wells.
The £72 million eight-storey redevelopment of site will include a café, outdoor space, hydrotherapy pool, spa and gym.
Retirement Villages Group (RVG), which is owned by AXA IM Alts, already has planning consent for a later-living community that was greater in height than the current proposal.
The transformation of the former cinema site, which has been empty for 23 years, will be a net zero carbon project. The project has responded feedback from a public consultation through design changes and enhancements to the façade, as well as a reduction in height and the inclusion of additional windows and articulation.
Development manager at RVG, Caroline Keiller, said: “We’re committed to bringing forward a development that is viable so that we can bring this long-dormant site back to life and contribute long-term benefits to the town centre. Our scheme will provide an attractive housing option for older people who not only want to downsize, freeing up family-sized homes, but who also want to remain active in their community close to their network of family and friends.”
