Children's home bid faces opposition

ELDERLY RESIDENTS SAID TO BE WORRIED ABOUT PLAN

- By ABIGAIL MARLOW

CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new children's home in Huddersfield will be determined next week, after 36 objections were received.

The plans relate to a six-bed-roomed property at Far View Crescent in Almondbury and come from Lighthouse Care Residential.

The applicant hopes to secure planning permission to change the use of the property from a dwelling to a children's home.

Under the plans, the home would cater for up to three children, aged between seven and 18, with a manager and up to three carers, two of whom would sleep there overnight.

A supporting document explains it will care for children with a range of needs that reflect developmental trauma, neurodiversity, sensory issues, emotional and behavioural difficulties and learning disabilities.