The former David Rice Hospital site at Drayton.
Picture: ANTONY KELLY
- Credit: Archant
Developers bidding to build a care facility and social housing where a mental health hospital once stood held a public meeting - but only two residents attended.
On the agenda was the discussion of the former David Rice Hospital site in Drayton, outside Norwich.
Gavin Elsey, director of Ethos Care Providers, chaired the meeting ahead of a key Drayton Parish Council vote this evening, where members will decide whether to support the plans.
If not, the application will go to committee at Broadland District Council.
Prior to its demolition in 2003, the site was a rehabilitation hospital.
Councillors have backed turning part of the former David Rice Hospital site at Drayton into a rehab centre - but residents said the plans were "a confusing mess".
The former David Rice Hospital site at Drayton.
Picture: ANTONY KELLY
- Credit: Archant
Plans to remove 114 mature trees to make way for the redevelopment of a former hospital site have been poorly received by neighbours and campaigners.
Outline permission is already in place for a residential development on the site of the former David Rice Hospital in Drayton, with up to 29 homes permitted to be built there.
And plans have now been lodged to build 12 properties on part of the site, with the flexibility to be used either as six-bed rehabilitation units for people with onset dementia or three or four bedroom family homes.