Planning appeal decision
2 Barkeley Drive, Seaforth, Liverpool, L21 4LX
Planning appeal 3258710 at 2 Barkeley Drive, Seaforth, Liverpool, L21 4LX (Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 1 June 2021 by Inspector Thompson F, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect on the living conditions of current and future occupants with particular regard to the standard of accommodation.
without planning permission and within the last 10 years the change of use and conversion of the dwelling house to a 5 - studio house in multiple occupation (HMO)
- Authority
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Thompson F
- Postcode
- L21 4LX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect on the living conditions of current and future occupants with particular regard to the standard of accommodation
What decided it
The provision of a communal lounge (room two) and accessible outdoor amenity space in the four-bedroom alternative resolved the living conditions harm that made the five-studio use unacceptable.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy HC4 of the Sefton Local Plan
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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