Planning appeal decision
44 Alderson Road, Liverpool, L15 2HL
Planning appeal 3339688 at 44 Alderson Road, Liverpool, L15 2HL (Liverpool City Council) was allowed on 27 November 2024 by Inspector Whalley J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the property was in lawful use as a House of Multiple Occupation for 3-6 persons (Use Class C4) at the time the Article 4 Direction came into effect on 17 June 2021.
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 · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Whalley J
- Postcode
- L15 2HL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the property was in lawful use as a House of Multiple Occupation for 3-6 persons (Use Class C4) at the time the Article 4 Direction came into effect on 17 June 2021
What decided it
The Assured Short Term Tenancy Agreement for 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, signed by four student tenants, established that the property was lawfully in C4 use before 17 June 2021 and therefore not caught by the Article 4 Direction.
What the Inspector cited
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 006
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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