3 Measham Way, LIVERPOOL, L12 0NL

C3(b) - occupation by two adult men with personal care needs living as a single household

Authority: Liverpool City Council
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: McGlone A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The main issue is whether the Council's decision to refuse the application was well founded.

What decided it

The Inspector's finding that the two men were living together as a single household at the appeal property, satisfying the requirements of Class C3(b).

Judgments cited: Rectory Homes Ltd v SSHCLG & South Oxfordshire DC [2020] EWHC 2098 (Admin); [2021] JPL 234; Gravesham Borough Council v Secretary of State for the Environment (1984) 47 P & CR 142; Carpet Décor (Guildford) Ltd v SSE & Guildford DC [1981] JPL 806; R (oao Crawley BC) v FSS & the Evesleigh Group [2004] EWHC 160 (Admin); North Devon District Council v First Secretary of State [2003] JPL 1191; SSETR v Waltham Forest LBC [2002] EWCA Civ 330

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