Admin error means Cleveleys children's home plan must be reconsidered

Wyre Council granted applicant Raj Shah planning permission to convert 29 Coronation Road into the children's care home after the matter was discussed at a planning meeting on July 22.

But it has since been discovered that, due to the error, letters to neighbours informing them of the proposals were not printed or posted.

It means the application will now have to be decided on again.

The council says that although any decision by a planning committee is effectively a resolution to grant or refuse permission, legally a decision is only formally made when it is actually issued.

In this case, that has not yet happened,allowing the matter to be looked at again.

A Wyre Council spokesman said: "Although a decision was made on the planning application, there was found to have been an administration error which meant letters notifying residents were not sent out, and therefore a formal decision cannot be issued until these letter have been sent and residents have an opportunity to comment on the proposal.

"We discovered this error before the decision was legally issued and we have now sent these letters to residents.

"It is intended that the application will be reconsidered by the planning committee in September.”

The application was originally brought to Wyre's planning committee at the request of ward member, Coun Rob Fail.

Couns Howard Ballard and Paul Moon discussed the application with officers, having visited the site previously.and under emergency powers, the plans were approved by Wyre chief executive Garry Payne.

Mr Shah's proposals would see care being provided for for children aged 10 to 17 who are in care.

The nature of care would be 24/7 care/support and there would be no live-in carer, according to planning documents.

The proposal would create eight full-time jobs and the staff will work on a rota of two staff and one manager on]each shift and there would be three shifts each day.

As part of the conversion, the roof would be lifted, while a single-storey extension will be built at the back of the home.

A pitched roof would also be built on the existing garage.

Mr Raj Shah already owns the Morvern Care Centre at the end of the street.