Trained staff would also be on site to support the mothers and help prepare them for independent living
99 – 105 Durham Street, East Hull(Image: Google Maps)
Councillors on Hull City Council‘s planning committee are set to make a decision on plans to turn a former care home into a 15-bed house in multiple occupation (HMO). The plans for the East Hull site will be discussed at the committee after having been called in by a local ward councillor.
The application seeks permission for the change of use of 99 – 105 Durham Street with some external alterations. The property was formerly the Durham Care Home.
Documents submitted to the council say the site would be used to provide accommodation to mothers and their infants. Trained staff would also be on site to support the mothers and help prepare them for independent living.
Plans state: “The service will be led by an operator with 24+ years’ nursing experience working with vulnerable adults and families, including drug and alcohol detox/rehabilitation. This clinical background informs robust safeguarding, risk assessment, trauma-informed practice, and partnership working with various healthcare providers, charities, midwifery, perinatal mental health, and substance-misuse services.”
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11 of the 15 bedrooms will be for one person. 4 will have space for two people.
The application is recommended for approval ahead of the planning committee meeting on March 4. The recommendation includes an off-site open space contribution of £750.
However, the application has been called in by Cllr Linda Chambers (Liberal Democrat), who represents the Drypool ward – the ward the application site is within. Cllr Chambers, who is also the council’s cabinet member for Adult Services and Public Health, has raised objection to the plans in a letter to the council’s planning department. Her objection relates to parking and the management of waste disposal.
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