Many planning authorities have introduced or are introducing Article 4 Directions in their area that removed the permitted development rights for certain Houses of Multiple Occupation and as such potentially put owners and operators of HMO’s in these areas at risk of being in breach of planning control and subsequently receiving an Enforcement Notice.
Our team of solicitors and planning experts have the relevant experience in successfully applying and appealing for HMO Lawful Development Certificates in these circumstances, we are very much used to having to put together a statement demonstrating that the use pre-dated the Article 4 Direction and cataloguing the evidence and producing relevant and viable Statuary declarations to support the substantiate evidence.
HMO Lawful Development Certificate