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Search the Public Notice PortalThe man responsible for a block of flats built without planning permission has refused to answer questions about its future – or about the people living inside.
Property developer Redsky Homes built the 51-home Willow Tree House on Station Road in Langley – then let the flats out despite not having planning permission.
Company director Tejinder Singh Sekhon said on X last November that he had built and ‘fully rented’ the development out ‘in just 12 months’.
He described the project as ‘a journey of passion, dedication and teamwork’ – despite planning permission still having not been granted.
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But Slough Borough Council’s planning committee voted unanimously to refuse planning permission last month.
Councillors on the committee criticised the developer for trying to bypass the planning system by continuing to build despite being warned to stop.
Mr Sekhon has since refused to answer questions from the LDRS about why he built the flats without planning permission, or whether he plans to appeal the decision.
He has also refused to say why he let the flats out to families or whether he would find them new homes.
But Redsky Homes has refused to say if those fears were well-founded.
Planning permission for a 41-home development on the site was previously granted in 2021 after an appeal by another developer, SN Developments, to the government’s planning inspectorate.
Redsky Homes appears to have bought the site in June 2023, then applied to Slough Borough Council for planning permission for a six-storey development instead.
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In the meantime, it began construction work that the council says ‘didn’t appear to reflect the original consents’.
Council planning officers told the committee they’d tried to work with the developer to make the plans acceptable – while also warning it to stop building.
But they said the developer had ‘proceeded very quickly to complete and let the flats out’ while talks were ongoing.
Redsky then withdrew its application for a six-storey development in November last year.
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In the same month, it applied for permission for the 51-home building – which had already been built.
The application was presented to councillors on the planning committee on February 26.
Councillors agreed with planning officers’ recommendation that it should be refused permission due to its scale and bulk, and the fact it contains no affordable housing.
Because the plans differ from the approved scheme, it means the entire development doesn’t have planning permission.
Redsky Homes will now have to either demolish the building or change it to match the approved plans for 41 homes.
However, the developer also has the option to appeal to the planning inspectorate to overturn the decision.
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