®Planning appeal decision
173 Shernhall Street , Waltham Forest, Walthamstow, E17 9HX
Planning appeal 3337050 at 173 Shernhall Street , Waltham Forest, Walthamstow, E17 9HX (Waltham Forest London Borough Council) was dismissed on 1 August 2025 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 small house in multiple occupation (HMO) took place prior to 15 September 2014 and there has been no subsequent change of use since that use became lawful.
use of the property as a small house in multiple occupation (HMO) (Use Class C4)
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Pleasant L
- Postcode
- E17 9HX
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 small house in multiple occupation (HMO) took place prior to 15 September 2014 and there has been no subsequent change of use since that use became lawful
What decided it
The evidence relating to Real Life's occupation of the property between 2010 and September 2017 was not sufficiently precise and unambiguous to demonstrate on the balance of probability that the property was in use as a Class C4 HMO prior to the relevant date of 15 September 2014.
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