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With plans to house the UK’s growing elderly population in new town centre developments recently making the news, Russell Pedley of Assael Architecture explains why it’s the right solution, giving a key recent example


ou would be forgiven for thinking that building new housing for the elderly is a relatively uncontroversial proposition for most towns. After all, only 2.5 per cent of the UK’s 29 million dwellings are technically defined as ‘retirement housing,’ and just 7,000 new homes built each year are designed for older people. This is insufficient to serve the 180,000 over 65 households that will be created each year over the next decade, or to meet the needs of the estimated 3 million older people who would like to downsize right now.


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So it was something of a surprise when, in October 2020, retirement community developer and operator Guild Living had a


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planning application for a housing with care scheme in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, turned down. The reason, according to Elmbridge council, was that the property would not bring “vitality or viability” to Walton’s town centre.


The idea that older people do not positively impact the places where they live seems inherently wrong. We hear constantly that mixed-use development is the way forward, and I would argue that mixed-age developments are essential to creating a vibrant community, too. Particularly now, as most of us are spending more time in our local areas thanks to the pandemic, the opportunity to interact with people from all walks of life is


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This ‘later living’ proposal designed by Assael Architecture is based around a demountable low-carbon concrete design, and forms part of Phase 2 of Meridian Water, a £6bn regeneration project by Enfield Council


more important than ever. And far from harming a town centre’s viability, mixed-age developments can help to harness the greater spending power of older people, the so-called ‘grey pound,’ estimated to be worth some £350bn a year. It was this idea that led Assael to come up with Rightsizer – a new later living proposal which has just won a sustainable design competition run by Enfield Council. The concept will now be built into plans for


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