Planning appeal decision
48 Thornycroft Road, Liverpool, L15 0EW
Planning appeal 3338132 at 48 Thornycroft Road, Liverpool, L15 0EW (Liverpool City Council) was allowed on 16 August 2024 by Inspector Whalley J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the use of the property as a House of Multiple Occupation for 3-6 persons (Use Class C4) was lawful on the date of application (12 December 2023).
Use of the property as a House of Multiple Occupation for 3-6 persons, Use Class C4
- Authority
- Liverpool City Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Whalley J
- Postcode
- L15 0EW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the use of the property as a House of Multiple Occupation for 3-6 persons (Use Class C4) was lawful on the date of application (12 December 2023)
What decided it
The appellant's uncontested evidence that HMO use commenced in 2014, before the Article 4 Direction removed permitted development rights in 2021, meant the use was lawfully established and could continue to subsist unless abandoned or changed, which was not evidenced.
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