The charity behind plans to create a "world class" care home is planning to install temporary hoardings around the site to stop vandals breaking in.

Kenilworth-based WCS Care last year bought Southfields on Lillington Road and is set to breathe new life into the former retirement home.

Having sat empty for a number of years, the building is planned to be turned into a 58-bed care home.

WCS Care bought the site and said it was a "key milestone" in the charity's plans to expand its award-winning model of village-style care.

Empty for over five years, Southfields offers a "rare opportunity" to bring an underused building back into meaningful use, it said.

The 1.26 acre site will help generate 85 new jobs.

A planning application for the development of the home is yet to be approved by Warwick District Council.

In the meantime, WCS Care has applied for permission to install temporary hoardings around the site to protect it.

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"The proposals consist of the three differing hoarding types to be installed across the site boundaries," the latest submission said. 

"The type, scale and location of hoarding has been dictated by recent activity of intruders on site, reoccurring vandalism and anti-social behaviour."

WCS Care operates a number of care homes across Warwickshire.

The design for Southfields includes small, self-sufficient households supported by consistent staff teams, along with a central plaza offering communal spaces such as shops and a launderette - all aimed at creating a homely, active and engaging environment for older people.

There will be eight in total with four on each floor.

Each household will include between four and 11 en-suite bedrooms.

The application continued: "In the intervening period we consider that the proposed hoarding will improve the appearance of this vacant site when viewed from the conservation area. 

"The hoarding is also an important feature, helping to ensure this site is secure and does not attract vandalism and anti-social behaviour and we therefore assume that this application will be supported."

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