Planning Application Notice – Braid Hill Nursing home.
Braid Hills Nursing Home
Since the nursing home on Liberton Drive closed, its grounds have been sadly neglected, and last autumn residents opposite alerted us to a row of tall conifers behind the perimeter wall — most of them now dying — which pose a real danger to the road and pavement in high winds, along with overhanging shrubs that are a nuisance to pedestrians. There have also been a series of break-ins by teenagers with some vandalism.
The Association has been in dialogue with the site’s new owners and with Council officers about getting the grounds made safe and tidied up, without a great deal of success, to be honest. A planning application notice relating to the site was lodged in May 2026 by the new owners, Crown Care Ltd, a Newcastle-based care group which (we think) intends to demolish the building and build a new, larger, care home. Our concern is that an attempt will be made to raise the new structure to 3 storeys, affecting the views and massing close to the Grade A listed Liberton House. Public consultation events will be held at the former nursing home on Liberton Drive on Wednesday 8 July and Wednesday 5 August 2026, from 3pm to 7pm on each occasion — we would encourage members to go along, see the proposals and have their say.
