ACCOMMODATION for people with learning disabilities could be improved if plans for The Oaks site at Baubigny are accepted. Health and Social Services wants to build two blocks containing 13 bedrooms at the St Sampson’s site.

This would be in addition to the six bedrooms for which it has been given planning approval at Valderie in St Martin’s. Director of corporate affairs Richard Evans said the application was part of the department’s phased redevelopment plan and replaced a previous one for The Oaks for just one block of accommodation.

At present, there are 12 people living in Oberlands House who need to be relocated as that is to be demolished and replaced with an adult mental health services unit. Six of those will move to Valderie, while the others will go to The Oaks.

The other seven bedrooms at The Oaks will be taken by people who are being catered for in off-island placements and those who would require off-island placements in future if these rooms were not available.