Gateshead council’s development committee granted a planning application for the creation of a new children’s home on Galloping Green Road.
Action for Children, a charity providing “practical and emotional” support to children and young people, asked the local authority to convert a former family home into a care facility for children.
The application stipulated the dwelling would accommodate up to four children, who would be supported by three daytime and two nightshift members of staff. The application however generated six letters of objections from residents.
