A disused building designed for sheltered accommodation, is set to be reconfigured to house homeless people.
Castle Point Borough Council’s development management committee will consider the council’s own application to regenerate Abbeyfield House in Chapel Lane, Hadleigh at its June 10 meeting.
The building closed as 13 units of sheltered accommodation last year and was acquired by the council in January 2025.
Now the council wants to turn it into 19 flats for homeless borough residents who are currently displaced to out-of-borough housing due to the lack of available temporary accommodation in Castle Point.
Cllr Rob Lillis, portfolio holder for housing, said: “I am pleased that this report that will make available critically needed accommodation within the borough is now being presented to development management committee.
“Whilst as a member of this committee I am unable to take part in the assessment of the application, I am confident that my colleagues on the development management committee will rigorously review the proposals being made.”
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