{"id":11933,"date":"2015-02-16T11:40:09","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T10:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=11933"},"modified":"2015-09-11T14:38:57","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T14:38:57","slug":"landlord-struck-with-300000-of-fines-and-costs-after-multiple-planning-breaches","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=11933","title":{"rendered":"Landlord struck with \u00c2\u00a3300,000 of fines and costs after multiple planning breaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">A landlord\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s failure to comply with numerous planning enforcement notices issued by Waltham Forest Borough Council has now resulted in a substantial fine of more than \u00c2\u00a3300,000.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr William Lao owned 16 properties across the Borough and added roof and garden extensions to 7 over a number of years. According to the council, the size of these properties almost doubled in many cases and each had been converted to flats in addition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Lao failed to apply for planning permissions for any of these works, leading Waltham Forest to serve him with a number of planning enforcement notices under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended). Regardless, the Defendant declined to restore the properties to their original state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The resultant hearing at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 30 January saw Mr Lao\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s representation reputedly admitting that he had made a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dchuge mistake\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. He was fined \u00c2\u00a373,500, comprising \u00c2\u00a310,000 for each of the seven enforcement notices, \u00c2\u00a33,000 for breaches of the Houses in Multiple Occupation regulations, and \u00c2\u00a3500 relating to an improvement notice and a failure to disclose ownership.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The court also imposed a confiscation order of \u00c2\u00a3217,758 and ordered Lao to pay \u00c2\u00a310,000 towards Waltham Forest\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s costs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Lao has six months in which to pay. If he fails to do so, he will be subject to a default of 30 months\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cllr Clyde Loakes, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Environment at Waltham Forest, is reported to have commented:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Some of the issues date back almost five years, so we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re really pleased to have finally brought this rogue landlord to account and seen him rightly punished for a catalogue of breaches.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It may be tempting to play the planning system, but the case of Mr Lao confirms for any with doubts that Councils will come down very hard on anyone caught playing fast and loose with the rules. Short-term profit is never worth the long-term disruption and potential financial ruin that comes with enforcement proceedings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.PropertySurveying.co.uk\">www.PropertySurveying.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SJ \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a013.02.15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A landlord\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s failure to comply with numerous planning enforcement notices issued by Waltham Forest Borough Council has now resulted in a substantial fine of more than \u00c2\u00a3300,000. Mr William Lao owned 16 properties across the Borough and added roof and garden extensions to 7 over a number of years. 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