Planning appeal decision
21 Jubilee Drive, Liverpool, Merseyside, L7 8SJ
Planning appeal 3342105 at 21 Jubilee Drive, Liverpool, Merseyside, L7 8SJ (Liverpool City Council) was allowed on 7 November 2024 by Inspector Moore D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the use of the property as an HMO within Use Class C4 was lawful on the date of the application and whether the Council's refusal to grant an LDC was well-founded.
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 · Change of use
- Inspector
- Moore D
- Postcode
- L7 8SJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the use of the property as an HMO within Use Class C4 was lawful on the date of the application and whether the Council's refusal to grant an LDC was well-founded
What decided it
The combination of sworn evidence, Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreements, HMO licences dated 15 January 2018, and rental payment records demonstrated on the balance of probabilities that the building was occupied as an HMO before the Article 4 Direction came into force on 17 June 2021, thereby establishing lawful permitted development rights.
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