PLANS for a town centre care home have been resurrected by a private healthcare provider.

Krinvest Care Group wants to revamp the demolished Bacup Health Centre site in Yorkshire Street, Bacup, to create a three-storey, 39-bed home.

The time limit for a previous planning permission to develop the site expired last September.

The group attracted criticism from councillors in March 2011 after the derelict health centre became a target for vandals and arsonists.

Dr Krishnan Sakunam, a director at Krinvest, was given the go-ahead to build the home in September 2009 but the proposals never came to fruition.

In a resubmitted application, the group acknowledged the need to bear in mind Bacup town centre’s status as an urban conservation area.

The group, in its design and access statement, said: “The ethos of the project is to combat historic and environmental problems with regard to the public sewer and existing culvert running through the site in a modern and positive way, whilst promoting traditional values and design.

“By bringing the site into the traditional architectural family of Bacup centre, the site is being drastically developed to provide a subtle and pleasant enhancement of the street scene.”

Bosses at Krinvest said the development could create 20 full-time jobs and five part-time positions, if the scheme went ahead.

The building will occupy just one-eighth of the 1,978 sq m site, with the remaining space to be landscaped and 21 car parking spaces provided.

Tom Harrison, from Krinvest, said: “At the time of the previous application we were focused on other builds but the site in Bacup is the next project that will take precedence on our list.

“It is dependant on funding but hopefully we’ll get it under way soon.”