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Allowed11 July 20253362759

505 Manchester Road, Manchester, M27 9QN

Planning appeal 3362759 at 505 Manchester Road, Manchester, M27 9QN (Salford City Council) was allowed on 11 July 2025 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant an LDC was well-founded with particular regard to whether on the date of the LDC application planning permission was not needed for use of the dwellinghouse as a house in multiple occupation (HMO) for six persons.

a proposed change of use from (use class C3) dwellinghouse to a six person HMO (use class C4)

Authority
Salford City Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Hartley D
Postcode
M27 9QN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant an LDC was well-founded with particular regard to whether on the date of the LDC application planning permission was not needed for use of the dwellinghouse as a house in multiple occupation (HMO) for six persons

What decided it

The Article 4 Direction removing permitted development rights for the C3 to C4 change of use had not come into force on the date of the LDC application (29 October 2024), meaning the proposed use would have been permitted development at that time.

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