Planing permission and assistants

[childmindingjulie]

Hi am new to childminding and it's going really well. I am looking into taking on an assistant to help out and so maybe I can take on extra children at times. Do I need planning permission for this, as at times my numbers may go over 6? I come under Trafford council, I've tried contacting them but just get passed around.

I think you may well do..... what you may need is consent for change of use as your home is currently (presumably) residential use but may become D1 (non-residential childcare). I'm not an expert but know that it seems a lot greyer when what you have looks like a mini-nursery rather than a few extra children at home. There was a house down our road which did this - the neighbours complained (elderly, complain about lots of things..........) about increased traffic, noise of children playing etc etc. Anyway, they moved as they were renting. I've just had a look on the local authority planning portal for you and those people did make an application and it was refused. The refusal is likely to have been the nimby neighbours so don't get discouraged. Hope this helps.

We had to apply for 2 of us to childmind. The neighbours complained but we still got permission.

Thank you, how long roughly did it take to get the application through?

I can't remember really. It was about 18 years ago . It took a couple of months I think. We had a visit from environmental health and a traffic officer and someone else I think.