®Planning appeal decision
25 Mansfield Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 6PH
Planning appeal 3254654 at 25 Mansfield Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 6PH (Waltham Forest London Borough Council) was dismissed on 10 May 2022 by Inspector Willows P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the use of the property as a Class C4 HMO (for not more than 6 residents) had become lawful through 10 years of continuous use prior to the application for a certificate of lawful use or development.
use of a dwelling house as an HMO
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Willows P
- Postcode
- E17 6PH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the use of the property as a Class C4 HMO (for not more than 6 residents) had become lawful through 10 years of continuous use prior to the application for a certificate of lawful use or development
What decided it
The evidence of Council inspections and floor plans showing the property had 7 bedrooms and at times 9 occupants, exceeding the Class C4 limit of 6 residents, meant the appellant could not demonstrate on the balance of probability that the use was lawfully established as a Class C4 HMO.
The decision letter
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