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Notice upheld2 June 20263376436

Kings Court Hotel, 34 King Edward Avenue, Blackpool, FY2 9TA

Planning appeal 3376436 at Kings Court Hotel, 34 King Edward Avenue, Blackpool, FY2 9TA (Blackpool Borough Council) was dismissed on 2 June 2026 by Inspector Ollerenshaw M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters stated in the enforcement notice have occurred, specifically whether there has been a material change of use from hotel to HMO.

without planning permission, the material change of use of the property from a hotel to a house in multiple occupation (“HMO”)

Authority
Blackpool Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Change of use
Inspector
Ollerenshaw M
Postcode
FY2 9TA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the matters stated in the enforcement notice have occurred, specifically whether there has been a material change of use from hotel to HMO

What decided it

The breach of planning control had occurred between 2021 and 2024 when 12 residents occupied the property without evidence of functioning as a single household, constituting an HMO use, and the subsequent change in occupation does not alter this finding.

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