PLANNING permission is being sought to use a Goldthorpe house as a new children’s home.
The home, on Elizabeth Street, will be registered as an ‘emotional and behavioural home’ for a maximum of one child.
A report said: “The children would be from eight years of age and up to 18 years of age and will undergo a stringent impact risk assessment to ensure they integrate with the local community.
“This considers the home, the environment, the community, plus peers groups and assesses against each child as an individual prior to admission into the home.
“The children will live at the property long term, hopefully for many years.
“This is not a halfway house or emergency housing for a child.”
Public consultation ends on September 20.
