Planning appeal decision
44 Thornycroft Road, Liverpool, L15 0EW
Planning appeal 3286085 at 44 Thornycroft Road, Liverpool, L15 0EW (Liverpool City Council) was allowed on 21 March 2022 by Inspector Moore D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's deemed refusal to grant a lawful development certificate was well-founded.
Application for Lawful Development Certificate for use of existing property as small HMO (within Use Class C4)
- Authority
- Liverpool City Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Moore D
- Postcode
- L15 0EW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's deemed refusal to grant a lawful development certificate was well-founded
What decided it
The appellant demonstrated on the balance of probabilities that a material change of use to a small HMO occurred on or before 23 October 2010 and continued for 10 years without significant interruption, making the use lawful through the passage of time.
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