{"id":31407,"date":"2021-10-12T16:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31407"},"modified":"2021-10-12T16:43:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T15:43:00","slug":"record-fine-issued-to-london-landlord-over-planning-offence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31407","title":{"rendered":"Record fine issued to London landlord over planning offence"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h3>A landlord who built extensions and converted them into flats and bedsits all without planning permission has been given a record fine after a council took her to court.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 council is committed to taking robust action to prevent the creation of substandard, poor-quality housing and badly designed and ugly extensions\u2026.<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Landlord today<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Two enforcement notices were issued to\u00a0 Orofena St John in 2017 requiring that the extensions be demolished and the premises be converted back to one house.<\/p>\n<p>Both orders were ignored and Brent council in London claims it had no option other than to take the matter to court.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<article>The landlord was convicted of breaching these notices in 2019 and the matter was then referred to Harrow Crown Court under the Proceeds of Crime Act&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>The penalty is the largest secured this year by the council.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Brent council says: \u201cThis is a significant win for Brent. The council is committed to taking robust action to prevent the creation of substandard, poor-quality housing and badly designed and ugly extensions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bottom line is that we will hold people to account who break planning laws, and create unlawful developments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis penalty sends a clear message that people will not be allowed to get away with ignoring planning laws and renting out properties illegally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese laws are in place to protect our residents from being exploited in inferior accommodation and to ensure that Brent\u2019s environment is a great place for everyone to live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landlordtoday.co.uk\/breaking-news\/2021\/9\/record-fine-issued-to-london-landlord-over-planning-offence?source=newsticker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A landlord who built extensions and converted them into flats and bedsits all without planning permission has been given a record fine after a council took her to court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31407","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\/31407","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31408,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31407\/revisions\/31408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}