187 Divinity Road, OXFORD, Oxfordshire, OX4 1LP

Without planning permission, the material change of use of the dwelling on the Land from a single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended)) to a house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4)

Authority: Oxford City Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Douglas L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether, at the date when the notice was issued, enforcement action could have been taken in respect of the material change of use of the dwelling to an HMO falling in the C4 use class (a C4 HMO)

What decided it

The Inspector found, on the balance of probabilities from the appellants' credible sworn evidence corroborated by tenancy and bank documents, that the C4 HMO use had continued without substantial interruption since before 9 September 2014, making the enforcement notice time-barred.

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