Planning appeal decision
36 Brookfield Road, Hockley, Birmingham, B18 7JG
Planning appeal 3285232 at 36 Brookfield Road, Hockley, Birmingham, B18 7JG (Birmingham City Council) was allowed on 22 July 2022 by Inspector Boffin D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a Lawful Development Certificate was well-founded.
Dormer windows to facilitate fourth bedroom and use of property as small HMO (Use Class C4)
- Authority
- Birmingham City Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Boffin D
- Postcode
- B18 7JG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a Lawful Development Certificate was well-founded
What decided it
The tenancy agreements demonstrated the property was occupied as a single household under Class C3(c) rather than as a Class C4 small HMO, and the use had not changed to a small HMO before the Article 4 Direction came into force, whereas the dormer windows met all permitted development criteria.
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