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A RETIREMENT village providing 57 “luxury” flats is to be built in Sonning despite opposition from Theresa May.
The former prime minister, who lives in the village, said the development south of Old Bath Road, near the Sunrise of Sonning care home, would be “inappropriate”.
The three existing homes on the land would be replaced by three blocks of flats.
In its application to Wokingham Borough Council, Arlington Retirement Lifestyles says: “The character of the area was traditionally that of two- to three-storey detached dwellings.
“However, this has had to change with the increased housing demand within the confines of development limits.