We are delighted to confirm the completion of a new site in Lingfield, Surrey, with planning approval for 152 retirement living units. Audley Group purchased the 15-acre site on the St Piers Estate, from the charity, Young Epilepsy. Upon completion, the village will be Audley’s fourth site in Surrey and 22 nationally.
Young Epilepsy will remain as neighbours with the new retirement community. Their work to improve the St Piers education campus will include the removal and reuse of vacant and underused buildings, refurbishment and expansion of college facilities for young people, as well as the restoration of heritage assets, including two Grade II Listed buildings within the St. Pier’s Estate.
The 152-specialist retirement living units will be home to the Audley Club, providing property owners and members of the local community with access to a restaurant, spa, gym and wellness studio. Once complete, the village will also offer care to property owners and members of the local community through Audley Care, Audley’s stand-alone Care Quality Commission-registered care provider.
Young Epilepsy currently offers special education placements for 200 children and young people with complex needs at St Piers, and additionally provides diagnostic services for around 450 children per year in its health facility. The charity is Tandridge’s largest employer and provides 580 jobs to local people. The addition of the retirement village to the estate will add further employment opportunities for local people.
John Nettleton, Group Property and Partnerships Director at Audley Group, said:
“We are extremely pleased to have completed on this incredible site. For the past couple of years, we have worked really closely with Young Epilepsy to ensure that we support the charity in securing its future while we work to create something really special for the local community.
“We are now looking forward to getting the building work started and creating much-needed retirement units and facilities for the people in and around Lingfield.”
Mark Devlin, Chief Executive at Young Epilepsy, said:
“It’s been fantastic to find a partner like Audley Group to work with on the rejuvenation of the St Piers Estate. We are incredibly passionate about continuing to deliver our specialist services to children, young people and families living with epilepsy and other complex needs. The funding injection will make our plans for the future of St Piers School and College achievable. Not only this, but it will also improve the whole estate with benefits for the wider local community and environment.”
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For more information or spokespeople for Audley Group contact audley@teamspirit.uk.com
About Audley Group
Audley Group is a specialist retirement housing provider which acquires sites, develops and then operates retirement villages. The Group has two brands: Audley Villages, founded in 1991 and aimed at the luxury end of the market, and Mayfield Villages, a proposition with broader appeal. Audley Group now owns a portfolio of 21 villages across the country.
Owners buy their own house or apartment on a 250 year lease with access to facilities and flexible care if needed, enabling them to live an independent and healthy life. Audley Group is an accredited care provider and a founder member of The Associated Retirement Community Operators, ARCO.
https://www.audleygroup.com/
About Young Epilepsy
Young Epilepsy is dedicated to standing up for children and young people with epilepsy. We’re here for them. It is our job to listen and work with them so they can fulfil their potential. We coordinate research that improves diagnosis and treatments. We campaign for children’s rights. We support young people in school and college and provide innovative tools, information, and practical help for living everyday life.
About St Piers School and College
St Piers is an innovative and creative school and college for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
We believe learning goes further than the classroom; it’s a journey of discovery in which students find their independence and thrive, now and in the future.
About epilepsy:
112,000 children and young people in the UK are living with epilepsy, that’s around 1 in every 200 young people. Children with epilepsy can feel frightened, lonely and misunderstood.
Epilepsy is a neurological condition that disrupts the normal electrical activity our brains use to communicate with the rest of the body. This disruption causes seizures.
There are over 40 different types of seizure and every young person’s epilepsy is unique to them.
In most cases, epilepsy is well managed, and seizures are controlled, but it is a very serious condition and can be life-threatening.
Contact:
For media enquiries at Young Epilepsy, please contact:
Nicola Shukla, Head of Communications. Email: nshukla@youngepilepsy.org.uk Tel: 07719525925
