The properties were based in Hayes, west London and owned by Tarsem Dhillon.
Planning officers from Hillingdon Council visited the properties after being notified that a storage building at the back of 11 and 15a Station Road had been altered illegally, so that it could also be let out as an HMO.
The storage building had been adapted to include shower rooms, a kitchen and toilet, as well as introducing an external door and metal railings on the roof of the extended first floor. However, no planning permission had been secured.
Extensions had also been added to the original HMO properties at 11 and 11a Station Road, again without planning permission.
Enforcement notices were issued against the properties, calling for the removal of the extensions, as well as ceasing the use of the storage building as an HMO.
However, follow up inspections from the council found that none of the notices had been complied with.
Dhillon was subsequently fined £12,000 for the breaches. He was also ordered to pay a £2,000 victim surcharge, as well as the council’s costs of £1,660.
Councillor Eddie Lavery, cabinet member for residents’ services at Hillingdon Council, said that the fine was the result of the hard work of the council’s planning enforcement team.
He continued: “We’re determined to create safe, strong communities where residents can live a high quality of life and we’ll take all action necessary to tackle rogue landlords who flout the rules.
“Any residents who suspect a property of being used illegally can anonymously let our planning enforcement team know and they will investigate.”
