A LANDLORD has heeded advice and demolished her illegal outbuilding just days before Hillingdon Council's Beds in Sheds team were set to tear it down.

The demolition team were poised to take action in Blyth Road, Hayes, last week but when final checks were made the owner had carried out the work herself.

A dawn raid was carried out on the outbuilding last year by council and home office enforcement officers. It confirmed it was being lived in and rented out.

Immigration Minister at the time Mark Harper and Hillingdon Council's cabinet member for planning, Cllr Keith Burrows, also attended the raid.

The borough had warned Rukhshana-Kausar Chaudry that, if she failed to demolish the ‘bed in a shed’ it would take direct action tunder planning powers and she would be billed for the work.

Cllr Burrows said: “We are seeing an increase in cases where owners are taking heed of our warnings and knocking down these buildings.

“We have a dedicated team of officers tackling beds in sheds and we will take action against these rogue landlords. These people are breaking the law and could face prosecution.”

Chaudry had already been prosecuted for failure to comply with an enforcement notice on the outbuilding in December and had been fined £5,000 and ordered to pay £1,500 costs.