Ruislip & Eastcote & Northwood Gazette
‘Planning rules are there to protect our borough’
A WOMAN has been ordered by the court to pay nearly £10,000 in fines after she built an extension to her home in breach of planning permission.
Darshan Kingra has applied for and received planning permission for a single-storey side and rear extension to her home in Windsor Avenue, Uxbridge.
However it emerged last year that the work carried out at her home included two extensions, one which did not comply with the permission she was granted, and another which was completely unauthorised.
Kingra, aged 49, had previously been in trouble with Hillingdon Council over an outbuilding in her garden. In 2015, the council had ordered her to take it down, but she refused. The council prosecuted her and eventually knocked the building down.
In 2017, Hillingdon Council sent Kingra numerous warnings about her extensions, but she refused to comply, resulting in a planning enforcement notice requiring her to demolish one of the extensions, which she did not THE driver in a horror crash in Uxbridge might be left with life-changing injuries after his car overturned, leaving a crumpled wreckage.
He received the injuries in a dramatic crash on the Uxbridge Road junction with Kingston Lane on Sunday (September 9).
The driver of the car, believed to be aged in his 50s, was airlifted to hospital after crashing into a piece of “street furniture”, such as a bollard or lamppost. No other vehicles or persons were involved.
Emergency services, including the Metropolitan Police, London Ambulance Service, London Air Ambulance and London Fire Brigade were called to the scene at around 2.45pm and the road was closed for some time, creating traffic delays.
A Met Police spokeswoman said the driver’s injuries were maybe lifechanging but not life-threatening, after he was thought to be in a “potentially critical condition” following the crash. have permission for.
She was also ordered to make changes to one extension, to ensure that materials used on the extension for which she had permission matched the existing building.
Again Kingra refused, leading to the council pursuing her in court.
Kingra appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, August 22, and was found guilty of breaching the planning enforcement notice and fined £7,500. She was also ordered to pay £2,000 costs and a £170 victim surcharge.
Kingra’s previous prosecution was mentioned in court, but was not taken into consideration for the sentencing.
Councillor Keith Burrows, Hillingdon Council Cabinet Member for Planning, Transportation and Recycling, said: “We cannot allow people to ignore the planning rules that are there to protect our borough and its residents.
“We gave Mrs Kingra plenty of opportunity to bring her building work in line with the law and she failed to take suitable action. Therefore, we were left with no choice but to prosecute.
“We won’t hesitate to take similar action again if required.” The man’s next of kin were informed.
She added that the affected roads were now re-opened.
A London Fire Service spokeswoman said: “One man was released from the vehicle and was treated at the scene by London Ambulance Service.
“The incident was over for us at 3.25pm. We sent two fire engines and a fire rescue unit to the scene.”