'This has a significant impact on local resources'
Seventy per cent of care homes across the county of Lancashire are currently not caring for Lancashire children. And just 16 per cent of beds in homes run by agencies are used for Lancashire children, according to a report for West Lancashire councillors regarding a new children's care home bid in Skelmersdale .
Applicant Dr C Worrall, of Briars Green Care Limited, wants permission to change the use of 10 Briars Green, Skelmersdale, into a home for up to four children. His address is the same location. He is working with Burton Upon Trent-based agents AM Planning Consultants Limited. The bid is a resubmission of a previously-withdrawn plan. West Lancashire Council's planning committee is to consider it this week .
The home would accommodate children who are considered vulnerable, predominantly from the outcome of neglect and abuse. It would be the primary home for up to four children aged between ten and 17. County council concerns Lancashire County Council, which has a children's care remit, has been asked about the application. It states: "Lancashire has the highest number of Ofsted-registered children's homes than any other local authority in England. There are almost 300 agency children's homes in Lancashire, which deliver four times as many children's home beds than we require.
The county adds: "Our Children's Services department is firmly of the view that careful consideration should be given to agreeing new children's homes in Lancashire. New homes need to meet an identified local gap and be delivered by providers offering good quality, good value provision and who are committed to providing local homes for Lancashire children.
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