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Middlesbrough Council has approved plans to turn a former Teesside stud farm and stables into a rehab and wellbeing centre.
The vacant Stainsby Grange Stud off Acklam Road in Thornaby will become a residential rehabilitation centre offering mindfulness and wellbeing treatment for people recovering from addiction.
The eight-bedroom property and its stables have been on the market for more than three years, with Stainsby Grange Riding School continuing to run from a neighbouring site.
The new development, headed by Robert Hadfield's The Bhodi Group, will transform the site into a 29-bedroom rehabilitation centre.
It will be complete with therapy facilities, a leisure building, therapy pods, meeting rooms, lounges, dining areas and offices.
The new facility will combine traditional rehabilitation with yoga, meditation and equestrian activities to support addiction recovery.
The stud stables from the previous farm site will also be retained and refurbished for the equestrian activities, alongside a new single-storey rear extension, courtyard leisure and therapy pool building and two therapy pods.
The group said guests would be transported to and from the site by the centre, with personal vehicles not allowed on site, while residential stays are expected to run in four-week blocks.
The facility will employ therapists, chefs, cleaners and management staff.
The Bohdi Group said the facility would seek to address rising levels of addiction and substance misuse across the North East.
It aims to provide a high-quality rehabilitation environment in a secluded and peaceful setting.
In early consultations, planning officers concluded the proposal was acceptable in principle, noting it would bring a vacant site back into use and provide a rehabilitation facility that could benefit people in the region.
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Middlesbrough Council approved the application on Wednesday (September 23). subject to environmental and construction conditions.
Ecological conditions include measures to protect bats, barn owls, swallows and house sparrows in the area, with bat boxes, a barn owl box and nesting features set to be installed across the site as part of the development.
The Bhodi Group now has three years to begin work on the development.