An Uxbridge woman has been ordered to pay more than £28,000 for failing to comply with a planning enforcement notice from Hillingdon Council, requiring her to take down a two-storey wraparound extension built without planning permission.
Daljit Kaur, of Midhurst Gardens, admitted breaching the enforcement notice when she appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on Friday 18 September.
The court was told that on 3 February 2025 the council’s planning enforcement team were tipped off that a two-storey extension was under construction at 104 Windsor Avenue, Uxbridge, and the adjoining land.
An unannounced inspection by council officers the following day confirmed the construction was underway and noted that scaffolding poles were over-hanging the pavement.
On 17 February, the council was further notified that a double-storey side extension was being added, despite only having planning permission for a single storey, and that a new entrance had been built, suggesting this was an entirely new dwelling – an application that had previously been refused twice in just three months.
The court heard that on 8 April 2025, an enforcement notice was served by the council, requiring the unauthorised development be demolished, with compliance due by 20 August 2025. An unscheduled site visit by officers on 2 December 2025 showed the extension was still in place.
As a mutual resolution to the breach, the council agreed with Kaur that the development would be altered to be in accordance with a previously agreed planning application, rather than demolished entirely.
Sentencing, Deputy District Judge Woodcock, stated that Kaur had shown ‘reckless disregard’ of the planning authority’s decision.
For breaching the enforcement notice, Kaur was fined £15,000. She was further ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £600 and the council’s prosecution costs of £12,427.
The agreed works to the property must be completed by 31 December 2026.
Cllr Adam Bennett, Hillingdon Council’s Cabinet Member for Community, Environment and Enforcement, said: “We refuse to let residents run roughshod over a planning system that is in place to ensure development in our borough remains safe, high quality and best protects local communities.
“To press on with a development that has twice been refused planning permission was foolish. The defendant’s belligerent actions have proved very costly and this serves as a warning that we will pursue the strongest course of action against those who choose to flout the rules.”
Report a suspected planning breach at www.hillingdon.gov.uk/report-planning-breach.