In-demand day nursery submits plan for expansion

Plans for a children's day nursery to boost its capacity and use space for community activities supporting children and families have been submitted to council development bosses.

- by Chris Binding

Sunderland City Council's planning department has received an application for the Chilton Meadows Day Nursery in the city's Houghton ward, with the nursery rated 'Good' by Ofsted.

According to planning documents from the applicant, the family-run nursery was established back in 2001 and the nursery's "highly experienced, qualified, team of early years practitioners [...] pride themselves on providing, flexible, childcare for children aged from o to five years old."

New plans submitted to the council are seeking permission for a "single-storey extension to create additional capacity for [the] existing nursery and [an] additional use as community hub."

A design, access and planning statement submitted in relation to the nursery extension states the plans would "see the nursery grow from a 35-place nursery to an 82-place nursery".