Overview

Retirement and Aged Care

Client
Summerset Australia

Collaborators
Clarke Hopkins Clarke

Disciplines
Town Planning

Location
Various locations, VIC

Date
2022

Summerset’s unique ‘continuum of care’ model allows residents to live within the village through various stages of their life from retirement living through to assisted care living which allows residents to age-in-place and continue to enjoy the community they live in for an extended period of time.

Summerset have been operating retirement villages and aged care homes in New Zealand since 1997 with over 8,000 residents calling Summerset home and has since 2018 been acquiring sites in Australia to expand their operations.

Summerset australia - retirement village and aged care villages

Tract has assisted Summerset with strategic and statutory planning services to assist with the early masterplanning of these new communities and to gain statutory approvals including Development Plans and Planning Permits to facilitate the construction and delivery of their unique villages.

In collaboration with ClarkeHopkinsClarke, Tract was able to bring our collective planning and design expertise from the retirement and aged care sector to these projects to deliver a framework for the successful design of the villages that delivers a connection to nature, enhancing their sense of wellbeing, and improving their overall quality of life.