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Dismissed24 July 20263374668

14 Hessle Avenue, Hyde Park, Leeds, LS6 1EF

Planning appeal 3374668 at 14 Hessle Avenue, Hyde Park, Leeds, LS6 1EF (Leeds City Council) was dismissed on 24 July 2026 by Inspector Russell J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the existing use of the property as a small HMO was lawful on 28 February 2025 because planning permission had been granted for the change to that use, or because the time for taking enforcement action had expired.

The use of 14 Hessle Avenue as a small House in Multiple Occupation by not more than six residents, being a use falling within use class C4

Authority
Leeds City Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Russell J
Postcode
LS6 1EF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the existing use of the property as a small HMO was lawful on 28 February 2025 because planning permission had been granted for the change to that use, or because the time for taking enforcement action had expired

What decided it

The year-long interruption to the HMO use between July 2018 and July 2019, when the property was deliberately left vacant, meant that the use did not take place without significant interruption for any ten-year period, and enforcement action could have been taken.

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