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Allowed17 November 20223292192

2 Oakbank Road, Liverpool, L18 1HS

Planning appeal 3292192 at 2 Oakbank Road, Liverpool, L18 1HS (Liverpool City Council) was allowed on 17 November 2022 by Inspector Wharton T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the property had been occupied as a Class C4 HMO before 17 June 2021 when the Article 4 Direction was issued.

an existing HMO usage for 5 people

Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Wharton T
Postcode
L18 1HS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the property had been occupied as a Class C4 HMO before 17 June 2021 when the Article 4 Direction was issued

What decided it

The evidence, including signed Assured Tenancy Agreements and HMO licensing records, demonstrated on the balance of probabilities that the property was in use as a Class C4 HMO before 17 June 2021 when the Article 4 Direction was issued.

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