Children’s home at 50 Richard Street, North Skelton, Saltburn-by-the-Sea

“Permission is sought for a change of use from dwelling (Use Class C3) to children's home (Use Class C2).”

“The principle of development • The impacts on the character and appearance of the area • The impacts on neighbour amenity • The impacts on highways safety…”

“We have a high number of children in Redcar and Cleveland that need to be cared for in children's homes. We do not have enough homes and need high quality children's homes to be developed. There is not enough information in the application that indicates what sort of home this would be and who the provider would be therefore I cannot comment on the quality.”

“Impact on parking availability in the area. • The location is already under pressure. • Lack of dedicated parking will impact other streets. • Increase congestion. • Unsafe parking. • Highways safety. • Contrary to policy. • Increase in anti-social behaviour. • Lack of amenities. • Effect on house prices. • Wrong location. • Loss of a family home. • Disrupting the community. • Drug and crime already an issue in the area. • Noise and disturbance from staff and residents.”

“Needs to go ahead • Staff can find parking…”

“Recently accepted a number of these application where residential homes have been changed to children’s homes however this application has not specified the type of home nor who the provider would be and if they were not Ofsted registered then they were difficult to monitor. Could we ask for more information and could we ask Children’s Services to investigate? • Had the property only got a back yard? • Was there any legislation that stipulated how much outside space…”

“Cannot determine the suitability of the house when we do not know how many children will be living there; • There could be a parking problem but as Corporate Parents would recommend approval; • Pity there was not more information provided but could see no reason not to accept the application; • The parking was detailed in the officer report and meetings were to be off site however was it possible to defer the application to get a definite answer on whether the proposal had…”

“Following the debate members resolved to grant Planning Permission subject to the following conditions:-”

“Location plan; site plan; existing and proposed floor plans received by the Local Planning Authority on12/09/2025 Highways Statement / Operational Management Plan received by the Local Planning Authority on 28/10/2025”