Planning appeal decision
7 Victoria Road, Tuebrook, Liverpool, L13 8AL
Planning appeal 3362898 at 7 Victoria Road, Tuebrook, Liverpool, L13 8AL (Liverpool City Council) was dismissed on 22 December 2025 by Inspector Watson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded.
a C4 house in multiple occupation (HMO)
- Authority
- Liverpool City Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Watson S
- Postcode
- L13 8AL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence that the change of use from C3 to C4 HMO had occurred before the Article 4 Direction came into effect on 17 June 2021, as the key documentary evidence (AST, HMO licence application, Building Control inspection) all post-dated the relevant date and contained material discrepancies.
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