Only exemption on planning permission is a childminder from own home catering for max 5 kids.
you have to have planning permission to run a pre-school, if you do not, your insurane would be nul and void. When you sign the contract for the ECCE scheme with the DCYA you are confirming that you have all your planning permission, fire certificate etc.
Youv two choices, keep quiet until you are found out or immediately contact your ccc and county council. Going by the independent report, time is given to sort planning and won't shut the preschool down. But the risk is your not insured. Preschools currently are combating their liability by not opening door till dot of opening time and insisting on immediate collection.
It's the over supply of preschools at the moment that has warranted the reporting.
Only exemption on planning permission is a childminder from own home catering for max 5 kids.
you have to have planning permission to run a pre-school, if you do not, your insurane would be nul and void. When you sign the contract for the ECCE scheme with the DCYA you are confirming that you have all your planning permission, fire certificate etc.
Youv two choices, keep quiet until you are found out or immediately contact your ccc and county council. Going by the independent report, time is given to sort planning and won't shut the preschool down. But the risk is your not insured. Preschools currently are combating their liability by not opening door till dot of opening time and insisting on immediate collection.
It's the over supply of preschools at the moment that has warranted the reporting.
Monti S,
Exemptions from planning exist if the proposed use falls within the same "Class of Use" as the existing use as outlined in Schedule 2, Part 4 of the Regs.
The "Parish Hall/Community Centre" you describe is either a Class 10 Use in the Regulations; (f) use as "a social centre, community centre or non-residential club" or a Class 7 Use; (b) "use for the social and recreational activities of a religious body"
The "pre-school" you describe is a Class 8 Use in the Regulations; "use as a creche", "use as a day nursery", "use as a day centre"
So you're either going from a Class 10 Use to a Class 8 Use or a Class 7 Use to Class 8 Use.
You need permission to change the use from one use class to another unless it is covered as a separate exemption under Class 14 of Schedule 2, Part 1 (which it is not, I'm afraid).
So yes, it needs planning permission.........
The building could actually fall into all 3 classes so who decides where it falls?
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