A woman who is using a back garden cabin as a creche is fighting enforcement action after a planning application was refused. Mum-of-one Holly Fitzsimons, 27, runs Little Oaks childminding business from the timber outbuilding in the back garden of her mum's home, and has done for three years.
However, Ms Fitzsimons has become embroiled in planning dispute after the building was refused a change of use application in 2020. The Teeside mum has appealed after enforcement action was launched by Stockton Council when the building in Malham Grove, Ingleby Barwick, continued to be used, TeesideLive reports.
Kitted out with a kitchenette and play facilities, the smart timber-clad outhouse was built in 2018 at a cost of £20,000. Troubles arose after she received mixed messages on planning permission required for the timber building.
