Villagers near Shrewsbury are 'anxious' about noise if children's care home plan given the go-ahead

Neighbours are divided on plans to turn a home in a village near Shrewsbury into a care home for children.

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Unique Care Group has applied to turn a 10-bedroom house in Condover, near Shrewsbury, into a residential home for five children.

The company provides residential care and educational for young people with learning disabilities and complex needs. 

The group currently operates three other homes in or near Shrewsbury, located in Monkmoor Road, Castlefields and the village of Westbury. A fourth home is due to soon soon in Bagley, near Ellesmere.

The Condover home, on Harley Road, is currently a ten-bedroom property that was once two detached dormer bungalows linked via an extension some years ago.

A spokesperson for the company stated: "For the benefit of the young people in its care it is essential that its homes mirror, as far as possible, a normal family environment in touch with the wider community.