Care Need

The UK population is ageing, and people can expect to live longer healthier lives than previous generations. The older population is forecast to be 17.6m by 2035 for the over 60s, and to grow from 1.3m (2016) to 3.6m by 2035 for the over 85s.

Given this context, the PPG: Housing for older and disabled people recognises the importance of providing housing for older people, identifying its provision as ‘critical’.

Evidence from the Wokingham 2023 Local Housing Needs Assessment (LHNA) supports this and shows a notable shortfall in specialist older person’s accommodation, with 857 more rented units required by 2040 despite recent permissions.

Frontier has commissioned consultants to undertake a further assessment of this need and the full details of this will be shared with the planning submission documents.