Peterborough Council is considering banning a rogue landlord who was handed a fine for housing a family in an uninhabitable property for a second time.

Tariq Mahmood Khan was convicted for failure to comply with a prohibition order during a hearing at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court – just over a year after being convicted of the same offence relating to the same property.

The court heard that in September 2024 officers from the council’s housing standards team inspected outbuildings at a home in Clarence Road which were occupied by a family of five. The property, which housed three young children, was found to be uninhabitable, with a wide range of disrepair and Category 1 hazards including inadequate heating and fire safety measures. Officers also found that the property was too small to be reasonably occupied by an individual.

Khan had previously been found guilty of failing to comply with a prohibition order relating to the same building in January 2024.

Convicted

The landlord did not attend the court hearing but was convicted in his absence and fined £800, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £320 and the council’s costs of £600. Given Khan’s repeat offending, the council will now consider applying for a banning order which would prevent him from operating as a landlord, and add his details to the national rogue landlord database.

Councillor Alison Jones (pictured), cabinet member for housing and communities, says this prosecution should serve as a warning to the small minority of landlords who put their tenants at risk and flout the law.

She adds: “We will take appropriate enforcement action under the range of powers available to us if we discover landlords who flagrantly disregard the law.

“In this case, given that the landlord has repeatedly offended, we will now look at further measures to prevent him from operating as a landlord in future.”

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