jane5
21-09-2012, 04:32 PM
I got a letter this morning from the local council planning enforcement officer.
Somebody has made a complaint that I am running a nursery from my house :angry:
I have to contact the office within 7 days and I rang but no one was there so I left a message.
I know it is my elderly neighbour that has complained as he has had a problem with me from the day I moved in 11 years ago.
We are just a normal family who do not have parties or bbq's (we have those at my sisters house because it is bigger), we do not play loud music and I always consider my neighbours because other than him, all the neighbours are nice and I dont let the lo's make excessive noise.
He used to complain to the mp and local council for the first 2 years or so that I moved in saying that my dc's were playing music or they were too loud and basically because it was all untrue or exaggerated, he was told to stop making false allegations.
I had no complaints for about 7 years and then last year he complained to the council that my garage roof was dripping water on to his and making it rot, he wanted the council to make me take down my garage, some one came out but basically said its not true because there is guttering between them.
His wife has just gone in a nursing home so it looks like he has too much time on his hands again and he is starting the complaining about me again. I am not the only family that he has complained about but the other family have moved now and our other neighbours are over 50 or do not have any children, so I am the only one in the firing line at the moment.
I am not particularly worried about this complaint because I am not running a nursery but I did read on line that you do not need planning permission if you mind 3 or less children. Does that mean I do because I can mind between 3 and 5 plus my own dd on any 1 day?
I am worried that he probably doesnt know that Ofsted are the ones that he could complain to to have the biggest effect on me and my business.
I dont know whether I should phone Ofsted and say that I may get a malicious complaint made against me because I know for a fact that if he knew about Ofsted he would ring them straight away.
What should I do, I am so fed up of having to defend myself because of this nasty little man :mad:
Somebody has made a complaint that I am running a nursery from my house :angry:
I have to contact the office within 7 days and I rang but no one was there so I left a message.
I know it is my elderly neighbour that has complained as he has had a problem with me from the day I moved in 11 years ago.
We are just a normal family who do not have parties or bbq's (we have those at my sisters house because it is bigger), we do not play loud music and I always consider my neighbours because other than him, all the neighbours are nice and I dont let the lo's make excessive noise.
He used to complain to the mp and local council for the first 2 years or so that I moved in saying that my dc's were playing music or they were too loud and basically because it was all untrue or exaggerated, he was told to stop making false allegations.
I had no complaints for about 7 years and then last year he complained to the council that my garage roof was dripping water on to his and making it rot, he wanted the council to make me take down my garage, some one came out but basically said its not true because there is guttering between them.
His wife has just gone in a nursing home so it looks like he has too much time on his hands again and he is starting the complaining about me again. I am not the only family that he has complained about but the other family have moved now and our other neighbours are over 50 or do not have any children, so I am the only one in the firing line at the moment.
I am not particularly worried about this complaint because I am not running a nursery but I did read on line that you do not need planning permission if you mind 3 or less children. Does that mean I do because I can mind between 3 and 5 plus my own dd on any 1 day?
I am worried that he probably doesnt know that Ofsted are the ones that he could complain to to have the biggest effect on me and my business.
I dont know whether I should phone Ofsted and say that I may get a malicious complaint made against me because I know for a fact that if he knew about Ofsted he would ring them straight away.
What should I do, I am so fed up of having to defend myself because of this nasty little man :mad: