A former police station and care home site could be knocked down to make way for sheltered housing if new plans are given the green light.

Plans have been submitted to demolish the now-empty Great Missenden Police Office and Chalk Leys Care Home in the High Street, and build a sheltered housing scheme with 28 apartments and four houses, as well as parking.

When contacted for comment, a spokesman at Great Missenden Parish Council said they had not been made aware of the plans and could not provide comment until councillors had discussed it at the next planning meeting in February.

The sites are surrounded by a number of listed buildings, which developers say they have “discussed” with a historic building consultant.

Thames Valley Police announced in 2013 that officers in Great Missenden would move to the village’s library, with the Chiltern District’s most senior officer saying money from the sale of the office – which he said was unfit for purpose – would be ploughed back into frontline policing.

Rectory Homes said the accommodation will be restricted to residents aged over 60 and will be made up of 19 two-bedroom apartments, nine one-bedroom apartments and four two-bedroom terraced houses.

They said the proposal would offer a “number of identifiable benefits” to the area, including an increase in housing choice, specialist housing provision for older people and “supporting the vitality and viability of local facilities and services through population increase”.

Developers say they have considered the “streetscape” to create a design that has been “closely matched” to the existing buildings, without exceeding the height of the existing three-storey care home building.

They added that the development would make a “substantial and positive” contribution to the “character and environment” of the village, and that the proposed plans have taken into account the design considerations of the surrounding areas, listed buildings, existing site, and social and housing needs.

They said: “It is considered sympathetic to the character and appearance of the surrounding development area, creating a community with a ‘sense of place’”.