Residential home objections fuel stigma against children in care

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Jun 11, 2025

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When Sefton Council’s planning committee met last week, one of its applications related to plans to use a house into a children’s residential home - an Ofsted-registered centre where young people are looked after by staff.

The matter attracted dozens of complaints and a 90-strong petition bac…

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