Plans for nursery at mosque site approved

Plans for a two-storey nursery on the site of a Wolverhampton mosque have been approved by the council.

The backing comes after confirmation the opening hours at the Staveley House nursery would not clash with the mosque's peak-time use, the authority said.

The proposal has also been amended, to make the nursery element of the building on Great Hampton Street was "completely separate from the mosque".

Permission was granted subject to conditions, including that the premises should only be used as a nursery between 08:30 and 16:00 from Monday to Friday, and not during weekends and bank/public holidays.

There should also be no more than 20 children there at any one time and the number of staff would not exceed four, the authority said.

In making its decision to approve the plan, it said it had confirmed the development would be of an appropriate design, scale and appearance "that would not have an adverse impact" on the area's character.

Conditions include making sure external materials used in the development should match those of "the existing building in size, colour, form and texture".

No construction operations, including site clearance work, delivering building materials and removing waste, should take place other than between 07:00 and 09:30 and 15:00 and 17:30 from Monday to Friday and 07:00 to 09:30 on Saturdays.

There should be no such construction work on Sundays or bank/public holidays, the council said.

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