New Marske children's home proposal for residential street is withdrawn

Plans for a privately-operated children’s home in New Marske lodged with Redcar and Cleveland Council have been withdrawn. The plans submitted last year by the company United Care Services Property Management sought a ‘lawful development certificate’ in order that the proposal could go ahead. But a notification on the council’s website, dated December 19, said the application for the three bed, detached property in Sandmoor Road had been withdrawn.

The plans described how a single child, aged between six and 18, would be cared for with up to three carers being employed at the site during the day and two at night. A statement suggested it fell in the same category as a supported housing scheme and argued that a formal change of use was not required from that of an ordinary dwelling house. The statement said: “Care would be given in a communal environment with the children and their carers sharing facilities in a manner akin to a family with locks on bedroom doors.



The children this proposal seeks to accommodate suffer from many challenges including emotional and behavioural difficulties or have experienced some sort of trauma in early life. "The ethos behind the applicant’s intended operations of this property would be for the residence to provide an environment as close as practically possible to normal family life in order to ensure that the children can live a life of normality in the local community. The applicant considers that such properties can offer a better environment than would be the case in larger institutions as they enable individual needs to be met and allow the children to integrate into their community and live as equal citizens.

” It said the child would attend school and the home would also be Ofsted registered. The statement said the drive at the property was large enough for two cars, while on-street car parking was also available, although in her submission Longbeck ward councillor Vera Rider said she was concerned about parking as it was on a “blind bend”. For the latest Redcar and Cleveland news direct to your inbox, go here to sign up to our free newsletter Teesside Live is now on WhatsApp and we want you to join our community.

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