A children’s care home venture proposed for a property in Coatham , Redcar , has been granted planning permission by councillors. Plans were lodged earlier this year for a detached property in High Street West , which was once the site of a former parish hall and scout troop building.

The venture will care for a maximum four children with emotional behaviour disorders aged 11 to 17 and be staffed 24 hours a day. More than two dozen submissions were received by the local planning authority from neighbours and people living in the vicinity against the plans.

Coatham ward councillor Carl Quartermain also objected, citing, among other aspects, potential harm to the conservation area, the impact on residential amenity, along with insufficient outdoor space and car parking. In his submis

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