Controversial plans for a care home have been given a makeover after its original design was rejected for being too bulky.

Developer the Goodman Group has now submitted a revised planning application to Epsom Council for a care home with 150 rooms on Nescot College’s land in Reigate Road, Ewell.

But opponents remain concerned over traffic and parking issues and the loss of green space, with one resident saying the development is still a "monstrosity".

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The Nescot site used to care for animals in Reigate Road, Ewell

The care home developer is also appealing to the Planning Inspectorate after Epsom Council rejected its original plans as "overbearing" with insufficient parking and affordable rooms.

Simon Webster, managing director of the Goodman Group, said it aims to fulfil a need for elderly care in Ewell by creating one of the best care homes in the country.

Mr Webster said: "We have listened to the community and you did not like some elements of our first proposal. We have taken time to re-think and re-plan.

"The result is a building with a reduced volume, set further back from the edge of the site fronting Reigate Road and the Ewell Bypass.

"We have included more landscaping, with larger semi-mature trees to be planted at the earliest opportunity and a more domestic feel to the building through the use of local materials."

In June, Nescot College received planning permission for 91 homes on the rest of the 14-acre site. It plans to sell the land for the housing development to fund renovations to its campus.

Given the adjacent residential development, Mr Webster said: "Analysis of car parking on the whole site concludes that there will be no reason to park off-site."

Many residents have fiercely opposed the plans to develop the college site, which is currently used to care for farm animals.

Lindy Seymour, who lives opposite the site on Reigate Road, said she could not see a "great deal of difference" in what is now being proposed.

Mrs Seymour said: "I regard it as a monstrosity that will dominate that whole corner. It’s out of keeping with the general area and the whole complex is just too big.

"This is not the right place for a complex of this size."

Brian Angus, chairman of Ewell Village Residents’ Association, said: "What they done is reduce the bulk of the building.

"But I suspect they have not reduced the capacity of the building and the number of vehicle movements and other aspects that will put strains on that corner.

"Residents like me would have preferred that green open space remained green open space but it is not to be."

See the plans, with reference 14/00967/FUL, at eplanning.epsom-ewell.gov.uk

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