Campaigners who signed a petition against a planned Shirley children's home are now facing a longer wait for a decision after typos were found in a report.

New Future Care's application to convert a four bedroom detached family house in Woodlands Lane into a children's home housing two children, aged five to 17-years-old, went before Solihull Council planning committee's latest meeting.

A signed petition from 70 residential addresses was handed in to the authority, as well as 25 objections being lodged with the council during a consultation period.

But in the public speaking section of the meeting Shirley ward councillor Max McLoughlin said: "Members, I ask you to consider this.

"The (officers) reports says two children throughout and then the property is to be occupied by a maximum of three children, three staff in a five bedroom dwelling.

"Elsewhere (in the report) it is a four bedroom property."

The councillor asked for the committee to either refuse or add planning conditions due deal with regular congestion in the area.

But the councillor then said: "If members are minded to approve I warn the reports inconsistencies mean conditions could be appealed (to the planning inspectorate) so deferral would be preferable.

"The inconsistencies on bedroom and children numbers mean conditions could be overturned on appeal."

After opening the debate committee chairman Cllr Bob Grinsell asked planning officer Jon Hallam about the report.

The officer replied: "Yes there are inconsistencies in the report.

"The update note confirms the property is four bedroom.

"Two children would be staying at the home and staff working at the property would comprise a registered manager and two carers at all times.

"I can confirm the assessment (to recommend approval) was based on those figures – anything other than that are typos, errors unfortunately which I apologise for."

The chairman said: "Whilst I accept what is in the update note, that was given to us at 6pm this evening (at the start of the meeting).

"We will have read the report prior to that. I'm minded to defer until an accurate report is produced."

He quickly moved to the vote with the committee unanimously agreeing to defer at the meeting held at the Civic Suite on September 9.

It is unclear when the application will next go before the committee, but there are scheduled planning meetings in October and November.