Proposals to build residential care home on derelict Faughan Valley High School site to be unveiled
Plans to build a residential care home on the site of the long derelict former Faughan Valley High School site in Drumahoe are to be unveiled to the public next week.
Local residents of the village will have an opportunity to get a look at the proposals at a pre-application community consultation in Drumahoe Prime School between 3pm and 7pm on Thursday, August 18.
The proposals are for the ‘renovation, repair and extension of the listed former Faughan Valley School building, to facilitate change of use to a residential care home’.
"Proposals include the demolition of non-listed school extensions, and the phased redevelopment of the wider site for additional care home accommodation, with associated landscaping, access and parking,” according to a public notice published on behalf of the developer Ann’s Care Homes in accordance with the planning legislation.
A dedicated website – www.faughanresidentialcarehome.co.uk – is also due to go live on August 18 and feedback can be provided there as well as at the drop-in event in Drumahoe.
The site will remain live for comments until Friday, September 18, 2026 at 5pm.
Further information relating to this proposal can be obtained by contacting TSA Planning by calling 02890 434333, emailing [email protected] or writing to TSA Planning, 20 May Street, Belfast, BT1 4NL, the notice states.
The proposal is being brought forward by Ann’s Care Homes, a Portadown headquartered care provider that was established in 1994.
The old Faughan Valley High School closed in 2007 and the site has lain derelict since then.
It has been the victim of vandalism and multiple arson attacks in the decades since.