A proposal has been lodged with Solihull planners for a family home to be turned into a care home for two children.

Applicant Manawar Hussain argues the home is needed due to the shortage of children's care homes in the wider borough.

The plan is for the property in Delrene Road, Shirley, to be converted into a home caring for two children aged between five and 17-years-old.

The plans for the home shows the ground floor would feature a kitchen/dining room, lounge for communal use by children and staff and staff sleepover room with the first floor having two children's bedrooms, a staff office and bathroom.

A planning statement says there are two parking spaces at the property which "ensures" there won't be a reliance on onstreet parking.

The statement says: "The home will be registered with Ofsted and will care for children with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties, learning difficulties, and/or sensory impairment.

"Children will be cared for on a medium-to-long-term basis, enabling them to integrate properly into the Shirley community, build stable relationships with their carers and environment and access local education and services."

The applicant says Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) is "expected to approach this application positively and supportively, giving significant weight to the pressing need for children's home placements within the borough".

It is also highlighted that there is "no unacceptable concentration or clustering" of children's homes in the immediate locality in Shirley.

The statement adds: "The level of activity, vehicle movements, and pattern of comings and goings will not be materially different from those of a typical family household of two staff and two children.

"No adverse impact on residential amenity, highway safety, or the character of the area will result.

"SMBC is respectfully invited to grant planning permission without delay."

A consultation is now underway with a closing date for submissions of August 14.