Prohibition Order issued to Skegness landlord who put tenants at risk
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A Skegness landlord has breached fire safety regulations and been told to carry out work to his property if he wants to continue letting it to people as residential accommodation.
Lee Swift who owns Flat 1A, 56 Castleton Boulevard has been issued with an Emergency Prohibition Order after an inspection by East Lindsey District Council found two serious breaches of fire safety regulations at the address.
This is the 14th Prohibition Order issued by East Lindsey District Council in Skegness in the past nine months.
When the Council carried out an inspection at the address they found one flat has been converted into two without authorisation and that the correct fire detection system wasn’t installed. Also, the only means of escape from the flat was by passing through a kitchen, which isn’t acceptable as many fires start in this area.
The Order, which Mr Swift will have to pay the Council’s costs for serving upon him, means that until these issues are resolved the flat can’t be used for residential accommodation.
Portfolio Holder for Housing, Councillor John Upsall, said: “We’ve responded to numerous incidents in Skegness where landlords are flouting housing regulations and putting those staying in their premises at risk. This is a timely reminder that this isn’t acceptable and that we’ll always taken enforcement action to ensure people are not put in unnecessary danger. We will also charge property owners for our costs in issuing Prohibition Orders against them because we don’t believe this cost should be borne by the wider community.”
