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The use of a dwellinghouse as a children's care home pursuant to the Children's Act 2000 for children who fall within the Ofsted registration for children with learning disabilities, in which:(1) no more than three children are receiving care at any one time;(2) the children in care are aged from 10 to 18 years' old with an age range of no more than five years at any one time;(3) the home at no time provides care for children with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties;(4) there are no more than (a) two staff on duty between 07.00 and 08.00 to prepare the children for school, unless exceptionally a further member of staff is required to meet individual needs (b) three staff on duty between 15.00 and 16.00, unless exceptionally a further member of staff is required to meet individual needs; (c) no more than three staff on duty at weekends and during school holidays, (d) normally no more than one waking staff at night to provide support to the children with a further member of staff sleeping in who would be available should further assistance be required; and (e) no more than three staff on duty at any other time, unless during a hand over period when staff are rotating on / off shift.(5) no parental visits to children normally take place;(6) no room is used as an office and no business meetings of any kind take place;(7) no more than five vehicles are parked at or around the home at any one time;(8) no activity in relation to staff vehicle movements takes place before 07.30 or after 23.00.

36 Hollywood Lane Wainscott Rochester ME3 8AL

Not publishedReference: MC/15/3520Medway Council

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Application summary

Status
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Application type
Certificate of Proposed Use
Received
2 Oct 2015
Validated
12 Oct 2015
Determination deadline
Not published
Local authority
Medway Council

Application overview

The use of a dwellinghouse as a children's care home pursuant to the Children's Act 2000 for children who fall within the Ofsted registration for children with learning disabilities, in which:(1) no more than three children are receiving care at any one time;(2) the children in care are aged from 10 to 18 years' old with an age range of no more than five years at any one time;(3) the home at no time provides care for children with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties;(4) there are no more than (a) two staff on duty between 07.00 and 08.00 to prepare the children for school, unless exceptionally a further member of staff is required to meet individual needs (b) three staff on duty between 15.00 and 16.00, unless exceptionally a further member of staff is required to meet individual needs; (c) no more than three staff on duty at weekends and during school holidays, (d) normally no more than one waking staff at night to provide support to the children with a further member of staff sleeping in who would be available should further assistance be required; and (e) no more than three staff on duty at any other time, unless during a hand over period when staff are rotating on / off shift.(5) no parental visits to children normally take place;(6) no room is used as an office and no business meetings of any kind take place;(7) no more than five vehicles are parked at or around the home at any one time;(8) no activity in relation to staff vehicle movements takes place before 07.30 or after 23.00.

Proposal details

Reference
MC/15/3520
Ward
Strood Rural Ward
Parish
Frindsbury Extra
Agent
Chartwell Care Services Ltd

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36 Hollywood Lane Wainscott Rochester ME3 8AL

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DocumentPublishedAction
Decision NoticeDecision Notice7 Dec 2015View
Decision NoticeDecision Notice7 Dec 2015View
Decision NoticeDecision Notice · PDF7 Dec 2015View
DETAILED PROPOSAL OVERVIEW OF SUPPORTING EVIDENCESupporting Documents · PDF15 Oct 2015View
OVERVIEW STATEMENTSupporting Documents · PDF15 Oct 2015View
DUTY ROTASupporting Documents · PDF15 Oct 2015View
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION FROM OFSTEDSupporting Documents · PDF15 Oct 2015View
CONDITIONS OF REGISTRATION FOR REGULATED SOCIAL CARESupporting Documents · PDF15 Oct 2015View
PLANNING APPEAL DECISIONSSupporting Documents · PDF15 Oct 2015View
APPENDIX 7 ASSOCIATED DRAWINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHSSupporting Documents · PDF15 Oct 2015View
SITE PLANDrawings · PDF15 Oct 2015View
FRONT REAR AND SIDE 1 ELEVATIONSDrawings · PDF15 Oct 2015View
SIDE 2 ELEVATIONSDrawings · PDF15 Oct 2015View
FLOOR PLANSDrawings · PDF15 Oct 2015View

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