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Casebook: Community facilities - Day nursery in barn ruled unsustainable

Community facilities

Planning, 18 July 2008

The change of use of a building in the East Riding countryside to a day nursery has been dismissed by an inspector on the grounds that it is an unsustainable form of development.

The scheme involved the conversion of a large detached outbuilding in the garden of a house close to a small market town. The local authority claimed that the use should be sited in an existing settlement, thus maximising the potential for parents to access it by non-car means of transport.

The inspector agreed that accommodating up to 40 children at the site would lead to a considerable number of trips by car. Although the appellant offered to operate a minibus, he reasoned that the majority of parents would still prefer to use their own cars. The use would be contrary to sustainable development principles, he ruled.

DCS Number 100-055-993

Inspector Anthony Wilson; Written representations.