Former Brockhill extra care home site

The site is designated in Woking Borough Council’s Local Plan for specialist residential accommodation. 

The council has now become aware that the site has been sold on to supermarket chain, Lidl.

Speaking about the news, Cllr Ann-Marie Barker, Leader of Woking Borough Council, said: 

Throughout the sales process, the council was clear that we wanted the site to continue to be used for accommodation for older and vulnerable residents. Our planning policies clearly support this retention for specialist residential accommodation, including sheltered housing and care homes.

Appropriate due diligence was carried out in selecting a purchaser. Frontier Estates is a recognised provider of bespoke care facilities and had shared proposals for an 86-bed care home. Heads of terms for the land purchase were developed and signed on that basis.

Whilst other offers were received, they did not support the retention of the site for specialist residential accommodation. Frontier’s offer represented both the strongest financial return and a written intention to develop a new care home facility in accordance with our planning policies.

Although Frontier has sold its interest in the site to Lidl, this change in ownership does not alter the planning status of the site. Any new proposal must reflect the council’s adopted planning policies, which support the site’s retention for specialist residential accommodation.