I believe that Orange has made a fair point. There is not the malice in the post that there is in the subsequent response from Cellar Door.

Like Perryman from the green and pleasant Vale of Perry I am ambivalent in the matter and am not taking sides. I do not have children of nursery going age, neither do I live close to Piplings. I do however live within the TLERA area. I have watched the development of the thread with increasing concern. It seems that the whole of the community is being tarred with a brush wielded by Piplings and its supporters in pursuit of their objective. I notice that only a few of the “objecting” neighbours have posted. Maybe, having made their original protest and thereby putting the cat amongst the pigeons, they are now keeping their heads down. I think that it is sad that a legal dispute has arisen when it need not have done, but when one runs a business, as I do, legal disputes come with the territory. That is the way business is. From what I have read Piplings is an extremely well run nursery with all of the necessary accolades from the authorities and from the parents. I wish them luck in their enterprise. I also feel that neighbours must be free to object to a business in their immediate vicinity if they feel that it adversely affects them. They have objected. The objections have been ignored and planning permission has been granted. I read on the EDF forum that the nursery is open for business and has not been forced to close. Is this true? If so, clearly the covenant has not been enforced, so just what is hoped to be achieved by all this nonsense? The pro camp is clearly hell bent on nothing other than bringing down the TLERA in retribution, the anti camp are on a hiding to nothing.

The bile and vitriol expressed against the residents on the hill is unbelievable. I do not live in “Zimbabwe on the Hill” or “Royston Vasey” nor am I a “Child Hater” of the first order. I will not move out of my home of 20 years and into a retirement complex as suggested by a poster on the EDF. (FGS!) I am just a resident of a pleasant area of Forest Hill who wants to live and let live. I do not have a hidden motive and I support my residents association as I have for the past 20 years. I rely on them to do the best for me. That is why I pay my subs. I vote for a Government that rarely acts in the way I would wish. I do not however promote a revolution to bring it down. I intend to support the people who give up their time to provide a service to the residents of this lovely area. Having followed the Piplings related thread on the EDF I am relieved I no longer live there!

Oh, and by the way IWAF it's my drive and I'll park if I want to..... or not as the mood takes me.