Confiscation Order imposed on married landlords

Two married landlords from Southall have been ordered to pay over £290,000 after failing to comply with a planning enforcement notice.

Kartar and Surinder Khosa were served an enforcement notice by officers from Ealing’s planning enforcement team when it was discovered that they had neglected to obtain the required planning permission to use the main property as a large House in Multiple Occupancy and the outbuilding in the rear garden as a self-contained residential dwelling. 

When officers visited the property, it was found that the occupants were living in cramped conditions, with a lack of adequate communal space inside the property and inadequate parking and provision for rubbish disposal for the number of tenants.

An enforcement notice was served, requiring the Khosas to cease using the rear outbuilding as a residential dwelling, to cease the use of the main dwelling as a Large HMO and to undertake some internal alterations to the property. The couple were given three months to comply with the notice.

Ealing’s planning officers later found that the use of the outbuilding had ceased, but that the main dwelling remained in use as a Large HMO and the necessary internal remedial works had not been undertaken.

Now under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 a confiscation order of £253,449 has been issued and the couple must pay by December 3 2022; a default prison sentence of 30 months for Mr Khosa and 15 months for Mrs Khosa apply if they fail to pay.

The couple were also ordered to pay a fine of £6,000 each, plus court costs of £25,250.

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