®Planning appeal decision
3 Stanley Street, York, YO31 8NW
Planning appeal 3323894 at 3 Stanley Street, York, YO31 8NW (City of York Council) was allowed on 3 October 2023 by Inspector Renaudon L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawfulness was well-founded.
described as a small house in multiple occupation. Summary
- Authority
- City of York Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Renaudon L
- Postcode
- YO31 8NW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawfulness was well-founded
What decided it
The appellant's sworn affidavit that his two children occupied the property as free-of-payment tenants during the period when only two unrelated tenants were recorded, combined with the Council's own enforcement officer's prior conclusion that the property was a small HMO before 2012, satisfied the Inspector on the balance of probabilities that the property had been in continuous Class C4 use since 2003.
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