A planning application has been submitted to convert a residential Harrogate house into a children’s home.
The change of use application, submitted by Jolyon McKay, was put to North Yorkshire Council last week.
It outlines proposals to turn Oak Back, a house on Ashgarth Court near Ashville College, into c2 classified housing – which refers to residential accommodation for people in need of care.
In a covering letter to the council, Mr McKay said:
“We aim to convert our family’s c3 [dwelling house] in to a c2 [residential child placement].
“This will cause no change to the exterior or interior of the property. The plan for the home will be to remain looking and feeling as if it were an average family home.”
The application adds there will “never be more than a maximum of three children living at the home in permanent residence”. It added that this was in order to “create a sense of family for the children”.
The children’s home would have four bedrooms and employ nine full-time staff.
North Yorkshire Council will make a decision on the application at a later date.
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