Residents say they are "not happy" after a council approved a third children's care home on a street in a Leicestershire village despite parking and "screaming" concerns.

North West Leicestershire District Council's (NWLDC) planning committee met to decide whether or not to allow a house at 81 Main Street, in Thringstone, near Coalville, to be converted into a three-person children's care home.

During the meeting, it was revealed that two more children's care homes, located at 73 and 75, were also approved.

The applicant, RSXAS Ltd, also sought to increase the number of on-site parking spaces to four, located within the site's front garden.

David Smith, representing the applicant, told the meeting that the provider was rated good in all areas in recent Ofsted inspections.

He added: "The children we look after have suffered immense trauma, abuse, psychological harm in their lives and what they want is some permanence in their lives – somewhere secure where they can call home.

"Living in a community is very important to them. Our homes are about family orientation and being seen as a family. The impact we would have on the community would be no different than a larger family moving into the area."

Mr Smith said he understood concerns around parking, but said the provider encouraged staff to use public transport where available.

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At the meeting councillors expressed concerns about the number of care homes on the street, but acknowledged that the numbers housed in them were small.

Labour councillor David Everitt, who has previously worked in care homes, said he thought it was a "bad decision" for the previous care homes to be so close together.

He said it "pained" him to talk against the application because it was "a bit too close" to others.

He also told the meeting: "Children want to become part of the community but people always suspect the worst. But when it's been established, they realise it's not bad and there are no problems.

"The people who do not want to accept [the care home] are still anti-children's home, and that's not good. But there is concern that there is another one, and there's another up further up.

"People are worried that you don't have three children but nine children. They feel 'Yes, have a home' but not down this one street."

Independent councillor Rachel Canny said "on paper" there was nothing wrong with the application, but had an issue with how they were "close together", stating the council had "no policies to say if it was right or wrong."

She said: "I am concerned they are close. When you have three care homes with similar shift patterns working at the same time then you are probably going to have many comings and goings that you would in a residential area but having three is unusual.

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"We want the children to become part of the community, but if we have a community that is becoming 'Care Home Road', then they are not going to be as well integrated as you would want."

Councillors eventually voted nine for the motion to approve the conversion with one against and one abstaining.

The LDRS went to speak to local residents about their concerns, who shared their worries about parking and what they dubbed "screaming" and "shouting".

One resident, who did not wish to be identified, said they were "not happy" with the decision.

They said: "The council have been useless. We just sat outside the other day in the garden, and there was screaming.

"I really feel for the kids, I really do but if I didn't know there was a care home there, I'd be ringing the NSPCC.

"The council say it's no different to a family being there, but there's a family not far down here and I hear the kids playing outside there. It's different.

"The parking is terrible. The highways say there is no problem."

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Another resident, who lives on the road, acknowledged that parking was a problem, but also had issues with "screaming".

They added: "As you can see now, there's some rubbish coming over from the other home because it's under construction.

"The real issue is the screaming and shouting. You can hear it. The parking doesn't affect me too much but when I back out, it can be a problem."