Leeds City Council • 26/01495/CLE
Legal confirmation sought for shared house use at Manor Drive
54 Manor Drive Headingley Leeds LS6 1DD
A property owner has applied for official confirmation that 54 Manor Drive has been lawfully used as a shared house.
- Status
- pending
- Type
- other
Summary
The owner is asking Leeds City Council to confirm that using 54 Manor Drive as a house in multiple occupation (HMO) is already lawful. An HMO is a home shared by people from different households — such as students or young professionals. This is not an application for new building work. The property is on Manor Drive in Headingley. Richmond House, a Grade II listed building, is about a 1-minute walk away. Brudenell Primary School is a couple of minutes' walk to the south. If the council grants the certificate, it gives the owner legal protection against enforcement action. It confirms what is already happening — it does not approve anything new.
What you can do
You can submit comments to Leeds City Council quoting reference 26/01495/CLE. The council can consider planning matters such as evidence of existing use and impacts on residential amenity. General views on HMOs in principle are not planning considerations.