Issue - decisions

Resolved:  (i)      That the outcome of the consultation undertaken with residents, family, carers and staff of Windsor House to explore the option to close the home, with current residents moving to alternative accommodation, be noted.

                   (ii)      That Windsor House residential care home be closed, and that the moves of residents to their new homes prior to the closure be carefully planned and managed in line with the Moving Homes Safely protocol.     

                   (iii)     That alternative uses for the Windsor House site, in total 0.45 acres, be examined in accordance with the revised Corporate Asset Strategy, firstly for use as the Centre For Excellence for disabled children and their families and, should this use not be feasible, for housing use and, should this use not be possible, for the site to be sold forthwith in order to generate a capital receipt to support the wider Older Persons’ Accommodation Programme.

Reason:     In accordance with the aim of the Programme to address the needs of York’s ageing population by delivering improved care homes for the current and future generations, and taking into account the results of the consultation on the closure of Windsor House.