The owners of an ‘eyesore’ property in an Isle of Wight seaside town have failed to carry out improvement works despite being handed almost £8,000 in fines and costs.
Graham Assets Ltd and its company director, Moses Meisels, were prosecuted by the council last year for not complying with a Section 215 notice relating to a large run-down building on the corner of Sandown’s Fitzroy Street and Station Avenue.
They are yet to satisfy the requirements of an Isle of Wight Council Enforcement Order which had a January 10 deadline – inaction labelled “disappointing and frustrating” by councillor for Sandown South, Ian Ward.
County Hall officers will now put together a case for further legal action against the owners and consider additional options, Cllr Ward said.
He said:
“It is disappointing and frustrating when owners seem to deliberately obstruct the law.
“This building has changed owners in the past to avoid planning enforcement action. Unfortunately, once something becomes a legal matter the court processes can take many months to conclude.
“Understandably, residents think that nothing is happening although the council and I are doing all we can to tackle the problem.”
County Hall issued a notice relating to the building under Section 215 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in July 2023 which listed an ‘extensive list of repairs’.
It had a six-month compliance period beginning on August 31 2023.
By March the following year, the council concluded ‘no works had been undertaken’, meaning the notice had been breached.
At an October 8 Isle of Wight Magistrates’ Court hearing, no-one from the mainland-based Graham Assets was present but the ultimately successful prosecution case continued without them.
County Hall previously said its prosecution highlighted its ‘commitment’ to ‘actively enforcing’ against the owners of buildings falling into dereliction.
Attempts have been made to contact Graham Assets and Moses Meisels for a comment.
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