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Dismissed8 August 20243325184

23 Iffley Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 1EA

Planning appeal 3325184 at 23 Iffley Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 1EA (Oxford City Council) was dismissed on 8 August 2024 by Inspector Pleasant L, 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 was well founded, turning on whether the appellant can demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the change of use to a large HMO took place more than ten years before the date of the application and continued without significant interruption thereafter, so as to be immune from enforcement action.

Certificate of lawful use or development for use as an 8-bedroom house in multiple occupation (HMO)

Authority
Oxford City Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Pleasant L
Postcode
OX4 1EA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, turning on whether the appellant can demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the change of use to a large HMO took place more than ten years before the date of the application and continued without significant interruption thereafter, so as to be immune from enforcement action

What decided it

The absence of sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence demonstrating continuous use as a 7 or 8-bedroom HMO during the period 29 March 2013 to 1 September 2014 meant the appellant could not establish the ten-year immunity period required for a certificate of lawful use.

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