Three outdoor settings have been forced to find new premises after being evicted from their sites by the landowners.
Natural Foundations in Chelmsford, Essex and Ladybirds at Dare Valley Park in Wales have been moved off the local-authority-owned land they had been operating from for years.
Meanwhile, Forest Kindergarten in Kent was told by the National Trust it would not be renewing its licence to use its site at Toys Hill for another year, saying increased use of the site of special scientific interest has damaged the environment.
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The founder of Forest Kindergarten Sevenoaks, Caroline Watts, received a letter from the National Trust in the summer saying it would not be renewing the setting’s licence to use the site as the ‘sensitive habitat does not provide the freedom of access and flexibility that is a fundamental part of a Forest School’.
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