A house can now be used as a care home for young people after councillors finally approved it after a lengthy debate.
The plans, submitted by Care Perspectives Ltd, will see three young people between the ages of seven and 17 living in a “family setting” in New Church Road,
A house can be turned into a care home for children and young people in New Church Road, Wellington. Picture: Google’s planning committee meeting, Mr Berry said: “No details have been given about how secure this site will be, but users and local residents need this reassurance. “Whilst we acknowledge this children and young people need protection, the council also has a duty of care to its residents who invest so much in the town.”
“The shift change would not take place at unsociable hours. There are also no reasons to believe that the children who will be residents of the home will have any propensity to be involved in any criminal or anti-social behaviour.”“There is an assumption that it’s going to be a detriment to the local community whereas people don’t have a clue,” he said.
Four councillors voted in favour, and four against. Councillor Giles Luter, the chair of the planning committee, was given the casting vote and refused it. This, he said, was on the basis that. although visually it doesn’t change the street scene, fundamentally it would because effectively it would now be a business.
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