Patching Lodge
Patching Lodge, Brighton: new extra care housing
for Hanover Housing Association
Key Facts:
76 flats
Combined heat and power
Mixed tenure
Total floor area: 7090 m2
Patching Lodge is a new seventy-six unit mixed tenure (26 leasehold, 10 shared ownership, 40 rental) older persons’ housing scheme built on a prominent site near Brighton sea front. In addition to the extra care flats, several facilities are provided on the ground floor for use by the wider community of older people. These include amenities such as a restaurant, a hairdresser, a chiropodist, a coffee bar and a shop. Also incorporated in the building is a Healthy Living Centre run by the Primary Care Trust and a care link office to receive calls from older people using alarm equipment.
This is the first building to be developed in a ‘tall buildings corridor’ in line with a new city planning policy that has been applauded by the Government as a good example of progressive planning.
Green issues have been given keen consideration. A gas fired combined heat and power plant has been incorporated as well as high levels of insulation and the building achieved Ecohomes level ‘Very good’.