My child used to attend Piplings. My child started mid 2010. We were under the impression that at this stage it was operating as a nursery, and all the paperwork we were given confirmed this. According to the link on the first post in this thread, planning permission for the change of use to the nursery was only granted in November 2010, so it would seem that for approx the first six months of my child's attendance, Piplings was operating pending the decsion of the council. What would have been the position had the planning permission been refused? Presumably I would have found myself in the same position that the parents now find themselves in? I have to say that I agree with saddened, this is extremely irresponsible.