The letter was sent from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Ofsted and Sure Start to all local authorities, local authority children's services departments and Ofsted regional centres.
The National Childminding Association says its members across England and Wales have been having difficulties because some planning departments have been ignoring guidance and insisting that childminders seek planning permission before setting up their business.
This is despite the fact that Planning Policy Guidance (PPG4), published in 1992, gives childminding as an example of working from home that does not normally require planning permission when no structural changes have been made to the building.
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