Property developer forced to pay £485k after illegally building seven 'inadequately sized' flats
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA property developer has been forced to pay almost £485,000 after illegally turning three flats into seven 'inadequately sized' flats.
HAAB Development Limited and director Sheikh Behaeddin Adil built the flats in the Queen’s Park Estate Conservation Area without consent, Westminster City Council said.
Officers first visited the Harrow Road property in May 2015 after a complaint about a first-floor extension. It was then discovered that the property had been converted from a shop with three residential flats to a shop with seven 'inadequately sized' studio or one-bed flats.
This had involved rear extensions to the ground floor and first floor as well as many internal rearrangements. An enforcement notice was issued the following year, requesting the removal of unauthorised works to convert the building back to how it was. READ MORE: 'We got a mortgage to buy our first home after years of renting with no credit history' But this was not complied with, the council said, and in January 2020 it was decided it was in the public interest to prosecute the freehold company and its director.
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