®Planning appeal decision
70 Granleigh Road, LONDON, E11 4RQ
described in the application form as: ‘70, Granleigh Road is a 3 bedroom, 2 reception room dwelling. It has been a privately rented residence to unrelated professional individuals since 2008. We have been notified by the letting agent that a HMO licence is not required instead to apply for a Lawful development Certificate given its existing use’
- Authority
- Waltham Forest London Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Willows P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a Lawful Development Certificate was well-founded, turning on whether the use of the property as a house in multiple occupation (HMO) (Class C4) was lawful when the application was made
What decided it
The additional evidence provided at appeal, particularly the monthly letting agent statements and tenancy agreements, demonstrated on the balance of probability that the property remained in continuous lawful C4 HMO use from September 2014 until the application date, with no substantive evidence to suggest otherwise.
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