Plans for a major upgrade of elderly accommodation have been redrawn to include the creation of a new care home - after council bosses realised residents need somewhere to live during building work.

Stockport Council and Borough Care - which looks after its residential accommodation - announced a £20m scheme to upgrade seven outdated care homes in February.

The plan will see five homes significantly refurbished and two, Cawood House in Brinnington and Lisburne Court in Offerton , closed and rebuilt.

But a central area committee meeting heard that it had since been decided a dip in capacity while work takes place could leave some elderly people with nowhere to stay.

So a new 50-bed home will be built at Booth Street, Edgeley , at an estimated cost of several million to make up for the shortfall.

And an additional planning application will be quickly drawn up to be submitted along with the others in the autumn.

Tim Wheeler, from the council’s property management company Carillion, told the meeting that originally it was thought there would be no problems with having to find residents alternative accommodation during the work.

He said: “At the time (February) it was acceptable but as the reality hits as time goes by it is not acceptable.

“The benefit of Booth Street is it makes the project deliverable.”

Borough Care homes have 420 places - a fifth of Stockport ’s capacity - but they are being refurbished and rebuilt as much of this stock is seen as outdated and unfit for purpose.

The home’s site is currently used for Stockport College parking.

The council had hoped that it would be able to find capacity to move residents by not filling any vacancies that arose.

But the elderly population is increasing and two homes have been decommissioned.

Homes involved are Reinbek, in Davenport, Wellcroft, in Gatley , Shepley House, Hazel Grove , Bamford Close, Cale Green, Meadway Court, Bramhall, Bryn Haven, Portwood, and Silverdale, Bredbury .

After the meeting Councillor Sheila Bailey said: “We were very concerned about the decanting issue, we thought it was rather precarious.

“Concerns were expressed at the time, nevertheless they went ahead. It was foreseeable. You are talking several million for the new home.”