Borough takes enforcement action over house painted with red and white stripes

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has served a section 125 notice under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 on a property owner who painted red and white stripes on the front of her house.

According to a report in the Evening Standard, Zipporah Lisle-Mainwaring repainted the property to “get her own back” on her neighbours after they objected to her plans to demolish and rebuild the property.

A spokesman for the local authority said: "The property is situated within the Kensington Square Conservation Area and its condition and appearance has attracted numerous complaints to the council’s planning enforcement team. In addition to the exterior being painted red and white stripes, the property's window frames are in a poor condition.

"The owner has the right to appeal the notice by 5 June 2015 in the magistrates' courts but, if no appeal is forthcoming, the owner must repaint the front elevation white and carry out repairs to the windows by 3 July 2015.”

The spokesman added: "If the notice is not complied with by 3 July 2015 then the council can enter the property and carry out the necessary works. Furthermore the council can charge the owner for the costs in carrying out the works and prosecute them in the magistrates' courts.”

Kensington and Chelsea said it had issued 24 section 125 notices over the last 12 months.