Planning appeal decision
8 Fingland Road, Liverpool, L15 0ES
Planning appeal 3315708 at 8 Fingland Road, Liverpool, L15 0ES (Liverpool City Council) was allowed on 15 May 2023 by Inspector Walker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a Certificate of Lawful Use or Development (LDC) would have been well-founded had they retained jurisdiction to determine the application.
a C4 Use Class House in Multiple Occupation (HMO)
- Authority
- Liverpool City Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Walker A
- Postcode
- L15 0ES
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a Certificate of Lawful Use or Development (LDC) would have been well-founded had they retained jurisdiction to determine the application
What decided it
The statutory declaration, assured shorthold tenancy agreement, and sales particulars describing the property as having 4 rentable rooms provided sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence on the balance of probabilities that the property was in use as a C4 HMO prior to 17 June 2021, with no contradictory evidence from the Council.
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