{"id":2416,"date":"2011-02-23T18:04:45","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T18:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=2416"},"modified":"2011-02-23T18:04:45","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T18:04:45","slug":"council-secures-conviction-for-lb-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=2416","title":{"rendered":"Council secures conviction for LB damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cheltenham Borough Council has successfully taken legal action following unauthorised works to a listed building in the town, with the result the outcome of investigation work by the Planning Enforcement and Conservation teams, securing a conviction against the then owner, Mr. Peter James Caldwell, a Chartered Surveyor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The listed building, 24 Promenade, was the subject of extensive internal alterations which Mr. Caldwell carried out, contrary to advice provided by the Council.<\/p>\n<p>Following the guilty plea, the court confirmed the conviction for the criminal offence and fined Mr. Caldwell accordingly.\u00a0 In addition, Mr. Caldwell was ordered to pay the Council \u00a33,000 to cover legal costs.<\/p>\n<p>The verdict demonstrates the Council\u2019s commitment to ensuring that breaches of planning control do not go unpunished and that those responsible are brought to account.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Background:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cheltenham\u2019s nationally recognised historic environment includes over 2,500 listed buildings, the core of the town\u2019s built environment of today.\u00a0 These buildings are of great architectural interest. The council considers them of the utmost importance and has a duty to protect them.<\/p>\n<p>The unauthorised works resulted in the stripping out of historic building fabric and partitions across three floors without consent, which is a criminal offence under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.\u00a0 17 separate charges were brought against Mr. Caldwell by the council at Cheltenham Magistrates Court on 8 February 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The case was complex and was scheduled for a two day hearing because Mr. Caldwell initially entered a not guilty plea. However, within an hour of the start of the trial, he changed his plea and pleaded guilty to a reduced charge.\u00a0 This was thanks entirely to the well constructed and detailed prosecution case presented by the Council, which was remarked upon by the presiding District Judge.<\/p>\n<p>Cheltenham BC News: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheltenham.gov.uk\/site\/scripts\/news_article.php?newsID=722\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cheltenham.gov.uk\/site\/scripts\/news_article.php?newsID=722\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheltenham Borough Council has successfully taken legal action following unauthorised works to a listed building in the town, with the result the outcome of investigation work by the Planning Enforcement and Conservation teams, securing a conviction against the then owner, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=2416\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2417,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416\/revisions\/2417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}