A council in Diss, Norfolk, rejects a proposal to build what would be an eighth large care home in the town. Local reporting says Diss already has seven nursing homes and 23 residential care homes, and that about a quarter of the town’s population is aged 65 or over, compared with 19% across the UK. The issue has been described as divisive, with claims raised that there are already “too many old people” locally to justify another large facility. Other details on the proposal’s merits, such as specific planning grounds cited by the council or responses from those supporting the application, are not included in the provided accounts. The council’s decision is therefore presented as rejecting the new large care home despite the town’s existing concentration of care provision and an above-average older population. The coverage indicates the debate is tied to how local demand and demographics are assessed, and how additional capacity would be planned for in the area.