Oh well, I should have expected that reaction. I dont know why the assumption has been made that I live next door? I guess it suits people to believe that it's impossible for someone who is not directly impacted to have an alternative view on the SE23 forum! If I admitted that I am indeed a stay at home father, who's wife is the breadwinner, that really is no ones business, but I accept the apology - thank you. The point I have made all along is that I sympathise with the neighbours next door who do not want to live next to a nursery. I can also sympathise with the Piplings - who have every right to challenge the covenant, but the neighours have every right to enforce it and the reaction of some people on this forum to individual views is frankly beyond belief.