The Yellow Dot Nursery is a barn conversion and the children go outside to play on decking whenever they like, as the nursery operates a free-flow play policy. Eight months after the nursery in Ampfield opened, neighbours complained to Test Valley Borough Council about the noise when the children go out to play.
The nursery was forced to apply for retrospective planning permission for the decking. The borough's environment officers suggested building a 10ft high fence around the nursery garden.
Councillors felt the fence would be too high and have asked officers and Yellow Dot to come up with a solution. Yellow Dot owner Jane Dyke said, 'At the moment, we are monitoring the noise levels with our neighbour and ascertaining how great the problem is.
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