An Uxbridge landlord who converted a house into two flats without planning permission has been ordered to pay £108,000, following legal action by Hillingdon Council. 

Mohamed Omar Hassibi, 64, was prosecuted for breaching a planning enforcement notice requiring him to revert his property in Mayfield Close back to a single dwelling. 

At a sentencing and confiscation hearing at Isleworth Crown Court on 10 February, Mr Hassibi, who previously pleaded guilty, was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay the council’s costs of £7,000.

Cllr Ray Puddifoot, Leader of the Council, said: “This is a great result for Hillingdon Council.

“Mr Hassibi was generating a large rental income - around £2,000 a month - from unwitting tenants and it’s only right that he should handover the money he earned from his illegal activity.

“We are committed to ensuring that crime does not pay in Hillingdon.”

The court also imposed a confiscation order of £100,000, requiring Mr Hassibi to pay the sum within three months or face going to jail for four months.

The prosecution was brought jointly by the council’s planning enforcement team and a trading standards task force that specialises in recovering proceeds of crimes.