Recent Department for Education and Skills guidance to local authorities in England on their retained functions (Guidance: Care Standards Act 2000, Part 1V) reminds local authorities to inform childminders that Planning Policy Guidance (PPG) Number 4 (Paragraph 32) says, '...permission is not normally required where the use of a part of a dwelling-house for business purposes does not change the overall character of the property's use as a single dwelling. For example, the use by the householder of a room as an office or for childminding complying with the DfES's standard recommended ratios ... would not normally require planning permission'.
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