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Allowed14 October 20253358286

57 Lorne Street, Kensington, Liverpool, L7 0JP

Planning appeal 3358286 at 57 Lorne Street, Kensington, Liverpool, L7 0JP (Liverpool City Council) was allowed on 14 October 2025 by Inspector Whalley J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the change of use of No. 57 from C3 to use as a single child children's care home with non-resident carers (Class C2), if that had taken place on 11 November 2024, would have amounted to a material change of use which required planning permission.

Use of dwellinghouse (Class C3) as a single child children's care home with non-resident carers (Class C2)

Authority
Liverpool City Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
community-institutional · Change of use
Inspector
Whalley J
Postcode
L7 0JP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the change of use of No. 57 from C3 to use as a single child children's care home with non-resident carers (Class C2), if that had taken place on 11 November 2024, would have amounted to a material change of use which required planning permission

What decided it

The proposed single child children's care home with non-resident carers would not give rise to a material change in the nature, level and frequency of activities compared to a lawful C3 dwellinghouse use as a matter of fact and degree.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments
Barton Park Estates v SSHCLG [2022] EWCA Civ 833

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