Housing near a primary school/playground
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Hoping for advice about housing. We are moving to a cheaper area as expecting my person to lose their job so want something I can afford on my own. He's not allowed to live with us due to bail conditions but hopefully will at some point
I've seen a house I love but he has reservations as it's down a cul de sac off a road with a primary school, so basically you turn into a road and the schools is at the end and visible, but before you get to it you turn off and the house is down that road, so no longer visible to or from the school. However it's 0.15 miles away/ish
In addition the back bedrooms overlook fields which contain a play park and sports pitch. With shrubs and trees I think you could block it (it's partially blocked already)
Person reckons the PO could stop him moving into the property for those reasons
He's not been charged yet but we know they found a handful of cat a and b images of 16 year old off the dark web on one of his devices
I've seen a house I love but he has reservations as it's down a cul de sac off a road with a primary school, so basically you turn into a road and the schools is at the end and visible, but before you get to it you turn off and the house is down that road, so no longer visible to or from the school. However it's 0.15 miles away/ish
In addition the back bedrooms overlook fields which contain a play park and sports pitch. With shrubs and trees I think you could block it (it's partially blocked already)
Person reckons the PO could stop him moving into the property for those reasons
He's not been charged yet but we know they found a handful of cat a and b images of 16 year old off the dark web on one of his devices
We live right next to a school was previously before everything though and nobody as ever mentioned it as a problem. I'm not sure if it's because it was an online offence as I'm guessing if it was contact that would also be taken into account on the location
Thanks for your replies, so:
We have a toddler who would then attend that school in a few years, yes. The school is not visible at all from the house but the village playing fields and play area are visible from the two smaller bedrooms at the back of the property. My understanding is the school children would use that field sometimes for PE etc.
It would be owned and yes we are pre charges, it's with CPS.
Bail conditions are no overnights and no unsupervised contact
Alleged offences are online only and from 4 and a half years ago, but he wasn't arrested til about 6 months ago
We have a toddler who would then attend that school in a few years, yes. The school is not visible at all from the house but the village playing fields and play area are visible from the two smaller bedrooms at the back of the property. My understanding is the school children would use that field sometimes for PE etc.
It would be owned and yes we are pre charges, it's with CPS.
Bail conditions are no overnights and no unsupervised contact
Alleged offences are online only and from 4 and a half years ago, but he wasn't arrested til about 6 months ago
I think it would be quite insensitive / unwise for him to eventually move into a house where you can see a playground when you look out your window. Even if no one official raised any objections it just seems thoughtless on his part? Why would you? You are talking 0.000001% of houses - it doesn't seem unreasonable to avoid them.
I think this would have to be a calculated risk especially if his offences included contact with under 18s. It would firstly be based on any SHPO imposed at his sentencing which could include restrictions on where he lives or visits. That would mean he couldn't live or visit that house for the length of the SHPO which is often 10 years. If he had internet only restrictions then it's not so black and white which is why a good defence solicitor would be alert to challenging any contact restrictions on the SHPO as it's meant to be to protect the public but also proportionate to the details of the offences. Once accepted it's very hard to change an SHPO so best to get it right at sentencing.
You are right that a Probation Officer (if that's who you mean by PO) could be concerned but I don't think they can prevent it (although I might be wrong) but they will have contact with Social Services if they are involved with your family and that could be tricky. If you mean the Police, at the moment, if there is nothing in the bail conditions about this then I don't think they can stop your OH visiting there as our son moved into a flat in a very similar kind of set up and nothing was said to him when he sent his new address to the police. Again I might be wrong about that too.
On a personal level, the other risk is whether the case got media attention so locally people might find out, although less likely (but not impossible) if you don't live in the area of the court hearing.You can imagine the backlash for your family and your children if your neighbours found out there was a sex offender living in their road. Is this a risk you are happy to take?
I'm sure that the LFF helpline would give you advice, or even the forum on the Unlock website. My personal advice would be that it's better to be safe than sorry - but it's good that your OH is being cautious about things because the last thing you want is a whole heap of hassle from social services and what I'm guessing is a successful supervising set-up. It could really get in the way of your plans to change that to something more relaxed in the future.
I'm so sorry to be negative as it's yet another sacrifice you might need to make when it's not your fault X
You are right that a Probation Officer (if that's who you mean by PO) could be concerned but I don't think they can prevent it (although I might be wrong) but they will have contact with Social Services if they are involved with your family and that could be tricky. If you mean the Police, at the moment, if there is nothing in the bail conditions about this then I don't think they can stop your OH visiting there as our son moved into a flat in a very similar kind of set up and nothing was said to him when he sent his new address to the police. Again I might be wrong about that too.
On a personal level, the other risk is whether the case got media attention so locally people might find out, although less likely (but not impossible) if you don't live in the area of the court hearing.You can imagine the backlash for your family and your children if your neighbours found out there was a sex offender living in their road. Is this a risk you are happy to take?
I'm sure that the LFF helpline would give you advice, or even the forum on the Unlock website. My personal advice would be that it's better to be safe than sorry - but it's good that your OH is being cautious about things because the last thing you want is a whole heap of hassle from social services and what I'm guessing is a successful supervising set-up. It could really get in the way of your plans to change that to something more relaxed in the future.
I'm so sorry to be negative as it's yet another sacrifice you might need to make when it's not your fault X
Not sure why this post popped back up 3 years later but I can confirm we found a different area we liked and moved to a property with no schools or play areas anywhere nearby. I don't think it would have been a major issue but I feel much more comfortable in the current position
On a further positive note, he avoided a SHPO altogether and was able to move back in fully within a few months of sentencing and we have moved forward very positively with our lives, just to give some hope to others out there in this awful situation
On a further positive note, he avoided a SHPO altogether and was able to move back in fully within a few months of sentencing and we have moved forward very positively with our lives, just to give some hope to others out there in this awful situation
Oooops!! I didn't notice the date, glad you found a good alternative!!!