Saddened - from a planning point of view, as far as I know, Piplings have done nothing wrong. They applied for permission when required, and it was duly granted. When the nursery was smaller, there was no requirement for planning permission, as there was no substantial change in use of the property.

With respect to the restrictive convenant, firstly there is a question of awareness. How many people are aware of the requirements of their deeds? Secondly, there is a judgement about how likely it is to be relevant given that planning permission has been granted, and the real level of nuisance and disruption has been independantly shown to be minimal?

There is nothing here that says irresponsible business practice as you suggest. You only have to read the Ofsted report to get a view on how much the owners care for this business - it couldn't score higher in terms of its provision for children - that's something to be celebrated rather than chased out.

This post was last modified: 08-02-2012 01:30 PM by Les.