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10.02.2024 - 09:44 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A property in Oldham has been approved for use as a children’s home as demand for services continues to soar. The building in Hathershaw will become a ‘family-style’ home for up to three children in care.
The proposal was submitted by the private company Affinity Childrens Home Limited, which runs a facility Walsall. The ‘specialist care home’ has three bedrooms for kids between the ages of eight to 18 on medium to long placements and two for live-in carers, who would visit on a rota basis.
A planning statement submitted on behalf of Affinity read: “The purpose of the home would be to support the children to build their confidence, help them in developing life skills and prepare them for life when they leave the home to fend for themselves.
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“The proposed children’s home seeks to replicate as closely as possible a normal family environment. This type of provision, which government policy is promoting, is to help children who often, through no fault of their own, have not had good parenting in their early years.
The application was first submitted in November 2023 and approved on February 7 this year. Planning officers granted the application a ‘certificate of lawfulness’. They noted that the building’s use was very similar to that of a family home with two parents and three children and that there was therefore ‘no material change’ to the building’s use.
The approval comes as local authorities across the country face a crisis in sky-rocketing demand for children’s and adult social services.
Oldham in particular has seen a rise in families with children turning to the council for help, with numbers of kids in need of support or care rising significantly
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