Straight Talk,
Like many other parents I fail to see the argument from your point of view:
You object to the commercial operation: Well they would have not got a planning permission to run a distribution centre with deliveries running throughout the day. The company I worked for had its doors open from 7am to 6pm with lorries, fork lift truck, building style containers for rubbish ect. That would be unacceptable in a residential road and would not get a planning permission as such. You do have a planning law that protects the area and that planning assessed the nursery not being in such category.
So we are talking about a nursery:
My girls’ nursery (15 children) is based in one room and is part of a block of flats. They had provisional premises for a term until residents saw the impact on their lives. That was many years ago. As Piplings have gold star rating, I would have thought that impact on the local community would be minimal. They know how to settle children, sometimes better than parents having plenty of experience. While children are so little, nurseries have very low ratio of children to staff.
So just how much do children bother you? How many houses can hear the constant noise? Is it really constant? What is the problem?
Open 51 weeks a year with hours that allow parents to work- well yes. Is your enjoyment of life really that affected? What would make you happy? I am sure that Piplings would try their best to address any of your reasonable concerns.
As for facilities further afield, great, but we still need more provision locally. Everyone wants parents to stop using cars, or parking in their street. Guess what, if we had local nurseries we would prefer to walk, as it is rather time consuming to get a kid in a car find a parking space, then rush of to catch a train.
Finally it is your action which has led Piplings to actions that they think may help them. Had it not been for your attack on their business, they would be concentrating on running a nursery.