A detached family house could be set to be transformed into a new children’s home. If approved, the plan will see the four-bedroom house on Kildale Close, Ladybridge turned into a home for two children. There will also be two carers on site at any one time according to a planning statement from MPD Built Environment Consultants Ltd.
The statement said: “Two staff members will be present overnight. “A dedicated bedroom will provide overnight sleeping accommodation for the staff on duty. “This bedroom will also provide office space.
The plans have been put before Bolton Town Hall (Image: Newsquest) “Children will not have unsupervised access to this room. “All meetings will normally take place away from the home. “There will occasionally be visitors during the week whose visits are associated solely with the use of the children’s home.
“These visitors will normally be in the child’s care plan, for example, multi-agency professionals or social workers. “The number of visits will vary according to the needs of the child. “These visits will normally take place on a weekday, and it is anticipated that these will amount to no more than two a month maximum.
” This comes after several other similar plans were recently put forward to create small scale children’s homes across the borough. Earlier this year, in April, Bolton Council approved a plan to turn a house on St Mary’s Avenue in Deane into a home aimed at providing round the clock care. In July this .
