Muller Property Group's new luxury care home in Pendle Mill with a cinema, cafe, and beauty salon to bring around 70 jobs to Clitheroe

Muller Property Group has secured outline planning consent to transform the 1.1 acres Pendle Mill site in Pendle Road into three-floor accommodation with 70 spacious en suite bedrooms for people with nursing and dementia needs.

It will create around 70 full-time jobs across numerous disciplines, including nursing, care work, managerial, maintenance, and other ancillary roles.

The award-winning Worthington Brougham Furniture Ltd, currently located in Pendle Mill, will relocate to another warehouse in Clitheroe in January. The current showroom will remain open as usual until December.

The business, which won Furniture Retailer of the Year in the Manchester & North West Prestige Awards for the fourth year running, also has plans to expand. It will create a new, large showroom in Chorley in the next six months bringing in more suppliers with numerous brands of sofas, furniture, and accessories.

Both new warehouse locations are yet to be confirmed.

Colin Muller, Chief Executive of Muller Property Group, said: “It’s no secret that the UK is facing a housing crisis and remains in desperate need of suitable, modern accommodation for our elderly population. We are therefore delighted that Ribble Valley Borough Council has approved our proposals for this site in Clitheroe.

"This care home will provide premium accommodation for residents with an array of on-site facilities, forming a new community within Clitheroe. Active residents can enjoy the benefits of living just 800 metres from the town centre, and we look forward to bringing this development forward.”

The new care home will offer a café/bistro, cinema, hair and nail salon, plus private dining rooms to help boost residents' well-being. Communal day spaces will also facilitate social activities that encourage mental and physical stimulation.

The development features a large, secure garden for residents, with landscaping to enhance and improve biodiversity with the existing mature trees.

For further information on the care home, contact Muller Property Group on 0800 788 0900.