Luton Council has successfully prosecuted Bis-Mil-Lah Enterprises Limited of Victoria Street in Luton, for failing to comply with a Planning Enforcement Notice. The notice required the use of two detached outbuildings as self-contained dwellings to cease because the buildings were being let for accommodation without planning permission.
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On Friday 7 October 2011, Luton Magistrates Court upheld the original Planning Enforcement Notice even though Bis-Mil-lah Enterprises, represented by its company secretary Dr Mohammed Sanwar Islam Choudhury, had appealed against the Notice. In the meantime, Bis-mil-lah Enterprises had continued to let the outbuildings as accommodation.
A Council spokeswoman said: “The Council will not tolerate landlords breaking the law. If we find other landlords letting premises for accommodation which are unsuitable, we will not hesitate to take enforcement action.”
The Court fined Bis-Mil-Lah £15,000 and ordered the company to pay a £10,000 contribution towards the Council’s costs, bearing in mind the benefit the company had derived from the unlawful letting.
