Laundry plans for nursing home

A Douglas nursing home has applied for permission to build a new laundry facility which it says will make huge energy savings.

Elder Grange Nursing Home, on Fuschia Lane in Governor's Hill, has lodged a planning application for the changes.

Elder Healthcare, which owns the home, says the existing laundry is now too small and will be converted into a kitchen store.

And it adds the new facility would accommodate new, energy-saving machines to cope with the higher demand.