Forum for residents of St Georges Park and Long Leys Road Lincoln

[Amber_NHS]

St George’s Rehabilitation Facility – Open evening: 24 March from 5pm to 7pm

It is a pleasure to invite you to the Rehabilitation Facility Open Evening next week. This promises to be an informative event as you will be given a preview of the new designs for the development.

Our own healthcare professionals will be joined by representatives from our development partner, Costain and architect, Gilling Dod in giving an insight into the new development. You will be able to:

• View a landscaped model of the new rehabilitation facility and other plans
• Ask questions about the construction and speak directly to the project team
• Talk to clinicians about rehabilitation services for people with a long-term mental illness
• Get information about the mental health services provided by the Trust and its support groups
• Join the Trust as one of its 8,000 plus members

Venue: Yarborough Court, Long Leys Road, Lincoln LN1 1FS

Date & time: Wednesday 24th March from 5pm to 7pm

Contact: Samantha Keating by telephone: 01529 222270; email: Samantha.keating@lpft.nhs.uk

Everyone is welcome; there is no need to book

[deb]

This is well worth seeing. The new design takes on board all of the residents previous negatives. The car parks have moved, the design impacts far far less, there is no two storey part by current housing, the curves rather than straight lines are very pleasing, mature trees (apart from within the new footprint) will be retained. A massive change from the original.

[berylcollinge]

I cannot believe that the design of the new development is of any consequence to you, living in Manrico Drive. You will not be disrupted in any way from the users of the new development. On the other hand, the view from some residents living on Mercer Drive is dreadful. Direct, uninterrupted and invasive, from a patients and residents point of view. Perhaps a little 'homework' might have been in order before describing the new development in such a manner.
We are livid at the lack of inclusion on the plans and decision making of the new plans. At the end of the day, we are tax payers, NHS patients and ultimately 'neighbours' of a row of 'secure wards' directly at the rear of our property. Perhaps you would like to buy our home! I think not.
Beryl Collinge

[deb]

You were included. You were invited to the first plans, invited to the second. Between the two, the complaints were about noise from the carparks - they've been moved. Two storey building - changed to one storey and a two story section starting at the lower end of the slope. The sheer impact of the building running along in the direction of the fence - this is now curved away so that there is a smaller section and that is approximately 30 metres away, further than another house would be. If you have other concerns please make them known.

As for being disrupted by the new users you cannot know what this will be. On an estate there are often disruptions from loud music, barking dogs, kids playing. Neither you nor I know whether your disruption will be more or less than this.

The land belongs to the hospital and, assuming you knew this when you bought your house, you would know that they could use the bit they did not sell to the builder, indeed may even have wondered why they did not sell that bit to the builder.

The new development plan is a vast improvement on the previous one, the residents' concerns as stated above have all been addressed, that's why I described it 'in such a manner'.

[berylcollinge]

Looks like a case of 'I'm alright Jack'.
We all bought our properties in good faith, as did the residents on the other side of the estate which was, at the time, a horse riding facility. The proximity of some Mercer Drive residents to patients in 'secure wards' will be some 17.5 metres.
Maybe we should have chosen Manrico as this will not affect you at all.
Beryl