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Allowed25 May 20223291832

24 Donnington Gardens, Reading, RG1 5LY

Planning appeal 3291832 at 24 Donnington Gardens, Reading, RG1 5LY (Reading Borough Council) was allowed on 25 May 2022 by Inspector Graham Self, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the use of the property as a C4 HMO had continued without substantial interruption for 10 years to achieve lawfulness, notwithstanding a period of non-occupation between June 2016 and July 2017.

Use of the property as a 4-bedroom (4-person) house in multiple occupation

Authority
Reading Borough Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Graham Self
Postcode
RG1 5LY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the use of the property as a C4 HMO had continued without substantial interruption for 10 years to achieve lawfulness, notwithstanding a period of non-occupation between June 2016 and July 2017

What decided it

The Inspector concluded that despite the period of non-occupation, the continuity of HMO use was maintained sufficiently to conserve use rights, particularly given evidence that the use had been established since at least June 2006.

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