{"id":33732,"date":"2022-07-05T17:50:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T16:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=33732"},"modified":"2022-07-05T17:50:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T16:50:51","slug":"owner-of-gii-listed-building-hit-with-50000-fine-for-fitting-new-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=33732","title":{"rendered":"Owner of GII-listed building hit with \u00a350,000 fine for fitting new windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-23472\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/pound_sign_red.png\" alt=\"pound sign\" width=\"106\" height=\"158\" \/>The decision by an owner of the Grade II-listed Summerland Lodge in Kent removed sash windows and earned a \u00a350,000 fine in the process.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration purposes only<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 council took legal action following a long-running wrangle over compliance with regulations\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Metro<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Malawi Nijar removed sash windows at the Grade II-listed Summerland Lodge in Kent \u2013 and earned himself a \u00a350,000 fine in the process.<\/p>\n<p>The Westgate-on-Sea property was built as a private prep school in 1906 and its original name was Doon House, according to Historic England.<\/p>\n<p>It was occupied by officers from RAF Manston during the Second World War and given listed status in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The council took legal action following a long-running wrangle over compliance with regulations\u2026<\/p>\n<p>He also admitted failure to attend his trial in December, in contradiction of the Bail Act 1976, and was fined another \u00a32,500\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>The council said it takes a \u2018strong approach\u2019 to anyone who carries out unauthorised work on a listed building.<\/p>\n<p>It said: \u2018We advise anyone wanting to carry out works on a listed building to seek advice from our planning department.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2022\/06\/28\/kent-summlerland-lodge-owner-hit-with-50000-fine-16909166\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The decision by an owner of the Grade II-listed Summerland Lodge in Kent removed sash windows and earned a \u00a350,000 fine in the process. image: for illustration purposes only<\/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-33732","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\/33732","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=33732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33733,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33732\/revisions\/33733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}