{"id":44521,"date":"2025-11-04T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44521"},"modified":"2025-11-03T17:51:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:51:30","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-lancaster-property-firm-and-director-fined-over-76k-for-flouting-planning-laws-on-historic-listed-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44521","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Lancaster property firm and director fined over \u00a376k for flouting planning laws on historic listed building"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Breaches of planning and listed building control at a prominent city centre site have resulted in substantial fines and costs being awarded against a Lancaster-based company and one of its directors, reports <em>The Lancaster Guardian.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Lancaster Guardian<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During sentencing\u2026 the company 107 Penny Street Ltd was ordered to pay a fine of \u00a354,000 and a \u00a3160 victim surcharge\u2026. The case was the latest court appearance in relation to the former Alexandra Hotel in Penny Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Grade II listed building has been the subject of internal and external works, which Lancaster City Council argued did not have the benefit of the required consents\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coun Sue Tyldesley, cabinet member\u2026 said: \u2018\u2026 The message to those that flout listed building regulations is that regardless of how long it takes, the council will pursue all avenues in bringing those responsible to justice.\u2019<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancasterguardian.co.uk\/news\/courts\/lancaster-property-firm-and-director-fined-over-ps76k-for-flouting-planning-laws-on-historic-listed-building-5331331\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breaches of planning and listed building control at a prominent city centre site have resulted in substantial fines and costs being awarded against a Lancaster-based company and one of its directors, reports The Lancaster Guardian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,93,16,387],"class_list":["post-44521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-legislation","tag-planning","tag-prosecution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44521","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=44521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44522,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44521\/revisions\/44522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}