Roz, people in the area are worried about the future, so there will be lots of "ifs" and buts".
Things would have been fine for a home child minder activity for 4-5 children, but to accommodate 24 children is a different matter. It is not only question of "ifs" and "buts". There is a covenant in place which has served the community up there fairly for donkey years. It is unfair that a change is/will be imposed by people living elsewhere with specific interests. Yes, there has been a baby boom recently and there is a need to have more good creches and nurseries, but the government should take care of this and allow people, like the owners of Piplings, to have access and make good use of some empty council/government properties.
It is not fair that your neighbour decides to start a fairly profitable business next to your home, without saying a thing in advance. If someone does that next to my house, I would like to see plannings and project in advance before it all starts.
Anyway, as I said into a previous post we should all wait to see what the court decides and we should try not to jeopardise the case by running down Piplings neighbours and residents. There has been too much publicity and the whole thing is now getting boring and out of hand.