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09.05.2023 - 11:03 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A cafe on Manchester's famous Curry Mile found to be operating as an illegal shisha bar has been ordered to hand over more than £170,000 and fined.
A court case involving Dubai Cafe on Wilmslow Road, Rusholme, concluded last week, council bosses in Manchester said.
The council said T&M Property Investment Ltd, the owner of a 999-year lease for the property which it let out, has had £174,074 in income confiscated after breaching a planning enforcement notice. The company was also ordered by a crown court judge to pay a fine of £18,750, together with courts costs of £5,700.
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T&M Property Investment Ltd was sentenced at a Manchester Crown Court hearing on May 5 following guilty pleas entered to offences committed under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the council said.
A council spokesman said in a statement: "Working alongside financial Investigators from Salford City Council, the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) was also used, which allows the court to issue confiscation orders for money generated by illegal activities.
"The confiscation order on T&M Property Investments Limited of £174,074.79 is payable by 4 August 2023. The fine and court costs are also payable by 4 August 2023."
In September 2018, council enforcement officers became aware that Dubai Cafe, operating from the building owned by T&M Property Investment Ltd, was being operated as a shisha bar in contravention of planning permissions in place for the premises. Officers also noted that physical changes had taken place inside the premises, undertaken without the appropriate planning permission.
An enforcement notice was issued which ordered the landlord to cease the operation as a
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