®Planning appeal decision
Rotherham House, Lunts Heath Road, WIDNES, Cheshire, WA8 5BB
the material change of use of the land and buildings from a use as a C3 dwelling house to that of a mixed use being short term holiday let accommodation (sui generis) and a paid events venue (sui generis)
- Authority
- Halton Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jones D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the alleged breach of planning control has occurred as a matter of fact
- Whether the use of the property as short-term holiday let accommodation and paid events venue constitutes a material change of use
- Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice are excessive
What decided it
The property's use as short-term holiday let accommodation and paid events venue with regular guest turnover, multiple occupants, and frequent party-type activities constitutes a material change in the definable character of use from a single C3 dwellinghouse, which the appellants failed to rebut on the balance of probabilities.
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