PLANS for a new care home which aims to create 190 jobs in Hampshire have been unveiled.

The new development which will see a total of 141-bedroom could be built at Bargain Farm, in Frogmore Lane, Nursling, near Southampton.

According to the proposal put forward by the London-based company Hamberley Development Ltd, the scheme will comprise an 80-bedroom nursing home.

The home will provide nursing, personal and dementia care.

There will also be a 61-bedroom nursing home which will provide neurological rehabilitation services for individuals who require long-term support, rehabilitation, respite or short-stay care.

Developers said the care home will offer both private and local authority-funded services.

Daniel Kay, director of Hamberley Development, said

: “There is a recognised shortage of quality elderly care and specialist neurorehabilitation services around Southampton and we would welcome the opportunity to help meet that need with our award-winning care facilities.

“In addition, this development would create a large number of skilled jobs in the surrounding area for local people and the wider community.”

If plans are be approved, there will be a need for nurses, care assistants, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, maintenance people and catering staff.

The firm has vowed to recruit the staff needed from the local area.

The company said the chosen site is also in good proximity to the Neuro Intensive Care Unit at Southampton General Hospital and has access to public transport links.

The services will be delivered in partnership with the local Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) and the NHS, said the firm.

Hamberley Developments were established in 2014 and according to its website the firm’s “preferred approach is to work in partnership with vendors and planners to ensure the best possible chance of a positive planning outcome”.

It adds: “To date Hamberley has had a 100% success rate of planning applications to consents.

But both Southampton City CCG and West Hampshire CCG were unable to provide a comment on the proposals.

A timeline for the scheme has not been set yet and plans are expected to be discussed by councillors at Test Valley council later this year.

Planning portfolio holder councillor Nick Adams-King said: “We have to assess the application against the criteria of our local plan.”