Scheme approved.

The proposal is to change the use of the site from a residential care home to a homeless hostel for a temporary period of two years. The residential care home use of the site ceased in March 2015 and the building has been lying vacant since. The proposed homeless hostel would have 37 rooms with a maximum number of 102 people at any one time. The single storey building to the rear of the sire is to be used for storage and will not provide hostel accommodation. The hostel is intended to accommodate families with small children (up to 4 people) and it is stated that the hostel will not provide accommodation for single “vulnerable” adults.

No external alterations are proposed. Some internal reconfiguration is proposed in order to convert two existing lounges into kitchens.