Illegal conversions leave landlord with huge bill :-
Bloody marvellous, a Council with balls............................A landlord who made hundreds of thousands of pounds from two family homes that had been illegally converted into self-contained flats has been fined and ordered to repay the profit following action by Haringey Council in north London.Haringey Council first prosecuted Tasking Izzet in 2010 when he failed to comply with an enforcement notice. A further prosecution in 2011 resulted in a second conviction.Despite this, subsequent planning inspection visits found no changes to the properties and Izzet was prosecuted and convicted for a third time in January 2013.Following this the council asked for the case to be referred for a confiscation order under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.At a hearing at Wood Green Crown Court last month Izzet was found to have benefited £312,315 and was ordered to repay this within six months or face up to three years in prison. In addition, he was fined £6,000 for each offence and ordered to pay court costs of £6,900.( SOURCE: http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/general/news/stories/2014/Jan14/090114/090114_6 )
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