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Mental health facility bid panned over fears of ‘significant harm’

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13.09.2025

Neil Farrow is the businessman behind plans to transform the Cadet Training Centre in Hilary Avenue, off Plumstead Road, into a mental health rehabilitation facility - but has become locked in a battle with City Hall.

And now planning inspectors have sided with the local authority, producing a damning report outlining "gloomy and unwelcoming" spaces which are likely to "undermine the wellbeing" of those living in the facility.

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An appeal is underway to resolve the dispute over the council's decision(Image: Google)

The report said: “Given that the care home is intended to provide a home for people aged between 18 and 65 with a history of mental health needs, it is likely that the future........

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