Buildings for day nurseries

Office, shop or community buildings of 200 to 650 m² on a plot of up to 0.4 ha, in a town in England and within 800 m of a primary school. An office or shop can become a nursery without planning permission.

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Imagery: Mapbox and Maxar. Boundaries: HM Land Registry INSPIRE, Crown copyright.

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  1. An office, shop or community building of 200 to 650 m² on the energy certificate register
  2. On a plot of up to 0.4 ha in a town in England
  3. Within 800 m of a primary school
LedburyHerefordshire Building footprint361 m²Site size528 m²Main commercial useOfficeCommercial floor space189 m²Distance to a station1.1 kmApplications on the site0 Open this site on the map

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Why these rules

Nursery groups look for buildings of 4,000 to 7,000 sq ft with outside space and parking (Busy Bees, as agents report it). A day nursery is use class E(f), so an office or shop (also Class E) can become one without planning permission. The early years framework (September 2026) asks for 3.5 m² a child under two, 2.5 m² at two and 2.3 m² from three to five, and daily outdoor play; the nursery registers with Ofsted.

Sites from the search

Six of the sites the search returned on 10 November 2026. Each opens on the map with its record.

Imagery: Mapbox and Maxar. Boundaries: HM Land Registry INSPIRE, Crown copyright.

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