®Planning appeal decision
Allowed28 January 20223282688
2 Sefton Avenue, Beeston, LEEDS, LS11 7BA
Use as a dwellinghouse as a House in Multiple Occupation (C4) to ground first and second floors and self-contained flat to basement
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Wharton T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether there is sufficient precise and unambiguous evidence to demonstrate that the ground, first and second floors were in use as a Class C4 HMO prior to 10 February 2012 and continuously thereafter until the date of the LDC application
- Whether there is sufficient precise and unambiguous evidence to demonstrate that the basement flat has been used continuously as a self-contained dwelling for a period of 4 years prior to the date of the LDC application
What decided it
For the HMO use, the lack of precise and unambiguous evidence that the property was occupied as a true Class C4 HMO prior to 10 February 2012; for the basement flat, the corroborated evidence of continuous occupation as a self-contained dwelling for more than 4 years prior to the application date.
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