Les-
It is the neighbours that are pursuing the legal action. If 29 out of 40 local neighbours wanted to support the Covenant, I don’t think whoever ran TLERA could persuade them to desist. Unless of course the current committee are actually hypnotists.

Piplings knew the covenant (legal technicality) existed when they opened the business but they chose to ignore it then. This is the problem they have and they need to solve.

It is a business. It is a much needed service to a certain section of the community (most people don’t even know it exists) who are very vocal and who feel their requirement for “real” convenience outweighs any “real” nuisance it might cause.

No it is not a chemical weapons factory but if you bought a house in a residential area should you have to accept living next to a business because your neighbours have the undoubted skills to run one. If they didn’t continue to run it so well, or they let it create a greater nuisance, would it still have that section of the communities support?

The Planning approval was by politicians. I didn’t realise they are infallible.