Objectors shouted obscenities to councillors after a controversial plan to transform a former five-star hotel into a residential home for people with mental health conditions was approved. Moss Lodge Hotel, in Kingsway, will be turned into a 24/7 unit with staff monitoring residents in a supported environment by Northern Healthcare, Rochdale Council Planning Committee was told.
This comes after a failed attempt by Acorn Recovery Project to turn the site into a drug rehabilitation site at the start of 2022. This site plan also generated heat in the local area around Kings Road due to concerns that ‘the management plan is non-existent'.
The 18-bed facility looking to support and manage residents’ mental health, medication compliance and daily living activities such as budgeting, shopping, cooking and cleaning.
