Planning appeal decision
104 Markham Road, Bournemouth, BH9 1JE
Planning appeal 3316868 at 104 Markham Road, Bournemouth, BH9 1JE (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 16 April 2024 by Inspector Howell M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the breach of planning control alleged in the enforcement notice (material change of use to a 7-bedroom Sui Generis large HMO) had occurred by the date of issue of the notice.
the material change of use of the property from a single-dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a 7-bedroom House in Multiple Occupation (Sui Generis)
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Howell M
- Postcode
- BH9 1JE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the breach of planning control alleged in the enforcement notice (material change of use to a 7-bedroom Sui Generis large HMO) had occurred by the date of issue of the notice
What decided it
The Statutory Declaration, properly witnessed and supported by corroborating evidence, established that the property was in use as a C4 HMO with 5 occupants at the time the notice was served, not as a Sui Generis large HMO with 7 occupants as alleged.
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