Planning appeal decision
58 City Road, Beeston, Nottingham, NG9 2LQ
Planning appeal 3310514 at 58 City Road, Beeston, Nottingham, NG9 2LQ (Broxtowe Borough Council) was dismissed on 17 July 2024 by Inspector Griffin E, 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, specifically whether the change of use from Class C3 to Class C4 HMO occurred prior to 26 March 2022 when the Article 4 Direction came into force.
for a change of use from a residential dwelling to an HMO for up to 4 persons
- Authority
- Broxtowe Borough Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Griffin E
- Postcode
- NG9 2LQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a lawful development certificate was well founded, specifically whether the change of use from Class C3 to Class C4 HMO occurred prior to 26 March 2022 when the Article 4 Direction came into force
What decided it
The appellant's evidence was not sufficiently precise and unambiguous to establish on a balance of probabilities that the change of use to Class C4 HMO occurred prior to 26 March 2022.
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