Planning application PL/2025/02393/PPFL relates to the above and asks to change number 19, Rowthorn Drove, Monkspath, Solihull to become a children’s home.
I have copied the below text from the planning statement submitted by the applicants:
The proposed home will accommodate two children. The property, a four-bedroom house with all bedrooms on first floor as shown on the submitted plans, will allocate two bedrooms for the children on the first floor.
The ground floor contains the communal rooms including the reception room, dining room and kitchen. Two bedrooms on first floor will be used as staff sleepover/Office as indicated on the Proposed Floor Plans. Staff office and secure bike storage will be provided on the ground floor as shown on proposed plans. No extension or external alterations are proposed.
All accommodation is contained within the existing building footprint. The home would provide accommodation for up to two children aged 5 to 17 years old. The age range of the children will be 5 –17 on admission.
The children would be looked after on a long-term basis. In some cases this is a temporary home until the placing Local Authority finds a foster home; in other cases it would be until they are no longer ‘a child’ and cared for, or if the care plan for the young person changes.
The children would be in full-time mainstream education; they would not be home-schooled. The children would be taken to school by an appropriate vehicle.
The full planning statement can be read here:
I have posted the main documents from the council’s planning portal here. I have sought the views from neighbouring properties.
Ken Hawkins 