The issue of planning permission for private day nurseries in residential areas has been brought to the fore after the local government ombudsman criticised Warrington Borough Council for its handling of a planning application for a private nursery.
The ombudsman, Patricia Thomas, ruled against the council on the grounds of maladministration causing injustice after she investigated four complaints made against it about the planning of the nursery.
The complainants, who all live near the setting, which had been two residential homes until 2001 when the council granted planning permission for a nursery, said the application had been 'wrongly decided'. They also alleged that the planning officer had been biased in favour of the applicant and that he had taken steps to ensure the application could be decided by him under delegated powers.
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