Concerns are being raised over proposals to convert a former care home in Nottinghamshire into flats.
Framework, which supports homeless people across the city, wants to take over the site in Watcombe Circus, Carrington.
Plans set to go before Nottingham City Council's planning committee next week show plans to create seven one-bedroomed flats. They are being recommended for approval.
Residents from 14 properties in Watcombe Circus, Devonshire Road and Ravensmore Road have objected to the proposal.
Nearby residents told Nottinghamshire live the street is family orientated and they don't feel seven new flats is the right fit for the community.
A neighbouring resident who wished to not be named told Nottinghamshire Live that Watcombe Circus isn’t the right location for the flats.
She said: “I personally don’t think it’s the right street to be able to integrate something like that.
“It’s a very family home area, with lots of young children - a combination of families and retired couples.
“We’ve experienced anti-social behaviour before down the street so it is a concern.
“It’s Framework and obviously the work they do in Nottingham is so valuable.
“It’s needed and it’s valuable but this is just not the right street to be able to cope with something like that - It will be an enormous change.
"Parking issues could become problematic as well, we already have enormous strain on the street with the amount of cars.
“Turning something from a family home into seven flats - that’s going to involve a much higher quantity of visitors.
“I don’t deny that the work they do is valuable and of course it’s very important for them to provide housing for people who need it.
“It just could be better located I think.”
Hannah Smith, 33, a carer from Carrington, added: “I think this area is quite desirable because all the houses are big and it’s close to town.
“I think the people next door probably won’t be happy.
“If they keep the building I don’t see what the problem is.”
A petition of 52 signatures objecting to the proposed development has been sent to the council.
The council says there is a confirmed need for affordable and social one-bedroom self-contained homes in the city.
“Supporting people into independent, settled accommodation is a key feature of the strategic approach to rough sleeping and single homelessness, providing a transition from supported accommodation to fully independent living,” the council states.
The report added: “Concerns have been raised about the potential impacts of anti-social behaviour, including noise and disturbance and litter.
“It is not considered that the arrangement of the accommodation, which comprises self-contained flats, each having its own living space and with no communal areas, would give rise to opportunities for antisocial behaviour in the same way that an HMO (house of multiple occupancy) would.
“The concerns of residents arising from the behaviour of Framework clients elsewhere are understood, but these concerns cannot be given significant weight in the context of the application.”
The application will be decided at a Nottingham City Council planning meeting on Wednesday, November 17.
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