Planning appeal decision
80 Blantyre Road, Liverpool, L15 3HT
Planning appeal 3343245 at 80 Blantyre Road, Liverpool, L15 3HT (Liverpool City Council) was allowed on 25 November 2024 by Inspector Walker A, 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 is well-founded.
use as a house in multiple occupation (HMO) under Use Class C4
- Authority
- Liverpool City Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Walker A
- Postcode
- L15 3HT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development is well-founded
What decided it
The Zoopla property listings dated 2 June 2018 and 25 August 2018 provided sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence that the property was in use as a C4 HMO at the time the Article 4 Direction came into force on 19 July 2018, and the use continued without material change until the LDC application date.
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