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Ealing council prosecutes for planning breach (PR 904)
A lying landlord was fined £1,0000 after being caught by Ealing Council for breaching planning laws.
The latest prosecution involves a landlord who leased land,
which was used as a garage without planning permission from the
Council.
The property owner denied having any involvement with the
business, or making an income from his tenants, despite being paid
£15,000 a year in rent for the property.
Appearing in Acton Magistrate's Court last week Majed Hussain Salih of Jubilee Close, Kingsbury pleaded guilty to breaching the Town and Country Act 1990, after failing to comply with the council's enforcement notices requiring him to stop the business operating from his Cowper Road property in Hanwell.
He was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,868.50 to the council.
Salih maintained he had no knowledge about the nature of the garage's business and wasn't aware that cars were being fixed, a MOT centre been run from the property and the garage was illegally storing old cars,rubbish, scrap metal and car parts.
He also ignored planning enforcement notices and continued to claim the planning breach was his tenant's responsibility and not his, despite continuing to collect rent and making an income from the breach.
Councillor Will Brooks, cabinet member for environment and transport, said: "The council takes cases like Salih's seriously and were committed to seeing people who flout our planning laws bought to justice.
"I hope the successful prosecution of Salih and the hefty fine handed down, will serve as a warning to anyone contravening planning laws."
Enforcing planning laws helps the council fulfil one of its priorities – cleaner streets. The other two priorities are value for money and safer communities.