Concerns over children’s care home plan in 'quiet neighbourhood'

A plan to change a West Lancashire family house into a children’s care home, prompting neighbours’ fears over disturbance, child safety and traffic problems, has been approved by councillors.

Speaking at West Lancashire’s planning committee this week, planning services manager Steven Faulkner outlined it and also gave an update on a planning appeal over a different care home application for a house at The Winters in Skelmersdale. Car parking for the Skelmersdale home had been disputed but was later judged as acceptable by a planning inspector. That should be borne in mind regarding the Hesketh Bank plan, Mr Faulkner said.

On traffic, the county’s highways department had not objected and four parking spaces were proposed. The impact of cars would be similar to any other large family house. The current arrangement is not expected to continue for much longer. This was a temporary proposal, the report stated. Other concerns included staff numbers, Coun Howard said. He added: “If some children require two-to-one staff care, that will massively impact on staff numbers. The close is narrow and vehicle space is limited, And it took months to fix the fence around the electricity sub-station when there was a gap last time. The lack of attention to things worries me.”TEMPORARY APPROVAL IDEAS Conservative Coun Edward Pope said: “I have a few concerns.

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