32 Lidderdale Road, Liverpool, L15 3JG

Planning appeal 3375926 at 32 Lidderdale Road, Liverpool, L15 3JG (Liverpool City Council) was allowed on 29 September 2026 by Inspector Whalley J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the property had been lawfully in use as a House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4) before the Article 4 Direction came into force on 19 July 2018, and whether any subsequent reversion to C3 use had occurred.

Authority: Liverpool City Council
Appeal type: Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Whalley J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the property had been lawfully in use as a House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4) before the Article 4 Direction came into force on 19 July 2018, and whether any subsequent reversion to C3 use had occurred

What decided it

The property's use as a small HMO had become lawful before the Article 4 Direction came into force on 19 July 2018, and there was no evidence that this lawfulness had been lost through abandonment, formation of a new planning unit, or change to a different use.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments: Panton & Farmer v SSETR & Vale of White Horse DC [1999] JPL 461

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