A LOCAL authority children's home is being planned for a residential house in Kendal.

Cumbria County Council is seeking consent for the change of use to the family dwelling at 1 Oak Tree Road in the town, off Sedbergh Road.

According to plans lodged with South Lakeland District Council, the children's home would employ the equivalent of three-and-a-half full-time members of staff.

Five parking spaces are proposed at the house, an increase of three.