Applicant Claire Painter has submitted a bid to the local authority’s planning department for a business at Easter Street in Duns. The childminding service would accommodate a maximum of 11 children, not necessarily all at once. READ MORE: Police hunt after bikes and tools worth tens of thousands of pounds stolen in BordersThe service would be provided solely by the applicant, who resides at the property, and any registered assistant from time to time. Children would be cared for within the existing living accommodation rear garden, using rooms already in domestic use — living room, kitchen, hallway and bathroom.