Evendon View: Care Home Development Progress and Community Feedback – May 2025
Dear Neighbour.
I am writing to inform you that Boutique Care Homes has purchased the land and buildings at 171 Evendons Lane, Wokingham, from Bewley Homes. As you may be aware, consent has been granted for a new care home to be developed on this site.
Boutique Care Homes is a small, family-run care home group with over 20 years’ experience in land acquisition and development. We have earned a strong reputation for delivering high-quality residential, commercial, and care home projects. Our in-house team, alongside trusted partners, manages every stage—from design and planning to construction and long-term operation—ensuring the successful delivery of each development.
We pride ourselves on creating the highest standard of care environments. Our homes have been recognised in several national awards, including being named a finalist for “Property Developer of the Year” by LaingBuisson in 2021 and 2022, and by HealthInvestor in 2022. In 2023, Boutique Care Homes was awarded Best Small Care Home Group in the UK at the 25th National Care Awards. We were also named one of the UK’s Top 20 Small Care Home Groups in both 2024 and 2025.
Since acquiring the site, you may have noticed some activity along the boundary. Our first step was to install hoarding along Blagrove Lane to safely screen development activity. To enable this, it was necessary to prune back overgrown vegetation along the roadside. In doing so, we were pleased to uncover several previously obscured drains, which should help to improve local drainage along Blagrove Lane.
The current phase involves site surveys and ground investigations. These will be followed by initial ecological and archaeological assessments. Meanwhile, we are finalising the design for our new care home, commencing pre-start planning conditions, and progressing our Reserved Matters application.
To keep you informed, we’ve created a dedicated website, www.evendonview.care,which will share updates on the proposals, design progress, and offer a way to send feedback as part of our resident engagement. Comments submitted by 31st May 2025 will be considered ahead of our Reserved Matters application with construction is expected to begin later this year, following demolition.
To discover more about Boutique Care Homes and our current portfolio—including forthcoming homes in Hythe, Kent, and Burgess Hill, West Sussex—please visit www.www.boutiquecarehomes.co.uk.
Yours sincerely,
David Lobb, Land and Planning Director.
