Children with 'challenging behaviour' could be housed on Dudley estate under new plans
A family house could be turned into a care home for children with 'mild learning disabilities or challenging behaviours'.
Serenity Care Homes has lodged a planning application to convert a semi-detached house on a Dudley housing estate into a children's home.
The company said the two-bedroom house on the corner of Laurel Road and Woodsorrel Road on the Wrens Nest Estate would be used to house just one child at a time, along with live-in care staff.
In the past month, Dudley Council has turned down two other applications to convert residential properties into children's care homes.
A spokesman for Serenity said the house was ideally suited in a residential area, close to Dudley town centre.
"This means that the young people can easily access these areas for retail therapy, dine-in restaurants or to socialise with friends," the application said.
