As regards the neighbour, I personally witnessed a completely outrageous response to a neighbourly question that my husband asked of him after the meeting. His reaction to that, to me showed the type of person he is. The question was completely unrelated to the case.

Whilst the Lees haven't been permanently living at the house for a few months, and who can blame them with all this going on around the front door, No 5 is their main home, and I know that they would love to be back there, for various reasons.

That they aren't there all the time, doesn't make it not their home. What about all the people who have a 'winter home' in Spain or somewhere. Does that make them non-residents? Or just lucky

On the commercial/residential distinction. There is no 'combined' use in planning terms, so it has to be listed as commercial. But as Emma said, the use is classed by Ofsted as 'Childcare on Domestic Premises' - ie, residential.