During the last housing boom in the late noughties, some clients moved to a ‘retirement village’ near Stroud. Within a couple of years, the nursing home (which had to be there to get planning) and on-site managers had disappeared, the developers turned out to be based somewhere in the Caribbean and the site owned by RBS, who had stumped up the money. Years of legal cans of worms ensued. So I don’t think I’m being unduly NIMBY to be rather cynical about a planning application for 173 ‘extra care residential units’ in Burford. Or is it just me?
“Back to work for people aged 65”
So is it ‘back to work’ or never stopping? And why? Because we’re cash-strapped and can’t afford to retire? Or healthier and realising that working can actually keep you healthy? Well, it all depends, of course.
