Kiddie Capers Childcare applies for retrospective planning permission to keep using Haywards Heath premises as nursery
A company has applied for retrospective planning permission to continue using a premises in Haywards Heath as a children’s nursery.
Kiddie Capers Childcare applied to Mid Sussex District Council for continued use of The Garden Rooms, 2 Kleinwort Close, as class E (f).
People can view the application at pa.midsussex.gov.uk/online-applications using reference DM/25/3273.
The planning statement said: “The existing scheme of development constitutes a material change-of-use of a building and associated land that has occurred without the benefit of planning permission.”
It said the application concerns a detached, single-storey building and its associated land, which was previously used ‘for purposes ancillary to the existing community use of the Age UK Centre, aka Lamb House’.
The planning statement said using the building as a nursery did not mean any alterations had to be made. It said the children’s nursery operates from Monday to Friday, between 8am and 6pm, and has 26 children enrolled who are supported by five members of staff.
The planning statement concluded: “The existing development constitutes a Local Service and provides an early years education facility – for which there is strong policy support across all levels of government.
“The existing use makes an effective and efficient use of a previously developed, underutilised multi-use site, which lies in an easily accessible sustainable urban location.”
It added that its use as a nursery has not increased risks for local road users.
It said: "The existing scheme of development accords with all relevant policies and guidance across all levels of government. For this reason, Mid Sussex District Council as the decision-makers, are therefore
respectfully invited to grant retrospective planning consent.”
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