Plans for a new children’s care home have been refused after Tameside Council said it wouldn’t have “acceptable living conditions”.
The proposal to convert a shop on Booth Street in Ashton town centre into a four-bedroom house fell foul of numerous planning guidelines.
TMBC deemed two of the bedrooms to be too small, including a ground floor one that would be used by care staff working overnight shifts.
The 11m2 living room was also considered too cramped, and thanks to an external staircase partly blocking the view out of its window, planners said it wouldn’t allowed in enough natural light or any direct sunlight.
The planning committee was dissatisfied with waste provisions, too, claiming there wasn’t enough room in the property’s back yard to store enough bins, saying it: “Would be likely to result in refuse bins and bags being deposited in the public highway.”
As a children’s home is also deemed to be a business, it would need to have a commercial waste contract rather than a regular council collection.
However, TMBC were keen to stress that it wasn’t against siting a new children’s home in the town centre: “The proposal would make a positive contribution to meeting the demand for care for children and young people.”
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