Sunderland's Banana Moon Day Nursery given permission to expand
Plans to boost the capacity of a children’s day nursery have been approved.
Sunderland City Council’s planning and highways committee has rubberstamped an application for the Banana Moon Day Nursery, at the junction of Ryhope Road and Villette Road, in Sunderland.
Councillors were previously told that the applicant had amended the scheme following an appeal judgement and discussions with council officers and that several conditions have been added.
These included the nursery being “limited to 50 children at any time in the interest of highway safety”
An application form noted the “property is plenty large enough in itself to accommodate more children and a survey of transport modes show that the vast majority of children are walked to and from the nursery”.
Planning documents from the applicant added the requested extension “can be predicted to create only 10 more vehicle trips per day” which could be accommodated in terms of “road capacity and car parking availability”.
It was argued that the expansion of the nursery would “support employment, economic activity and associated servicing businesses.”
The council’s planning and highways committee approved the plans in line with a recommendation from council planning officers.
The planners, in a report prepared for decision-makers, said the bid to increase the number of children on site would “not give rise to any design, amenity or highway concerns”.
The council’s highways department noted that “current arrangements are not known to cause issues or complaints with inconsiderate or short stay parking at drop off or pick up times”.
A committee report added the development would “continue to respect the privacy and amenity of surrounding properties and members of the public.”
For more information, visit Sunderland City Council’s planning portal website and search reference 25/02142/VAR.