A WOMAN has been fined £10,000 for offering Gatwick Airport passengers parking at her home.
Millie Stojanovic ran a company called Airport Direct from her property in Burstow.
Cars were collected from passengers at the airport, parked at her address in Church Lane, and then returned to holidaymakers on their arrival at the terminal.
However, Tandridge District Council insisted Stojanovic knew she was not allowed to use her land to park vehicles unconnected with residential use, and took her to court. An enforcement notice was originally issued to Stojanovic in 2004 following an investigation at her home which found land being used to provide off airport parking without planning permission.
In December 2011, the district council received further complaints about vehicles at the site.
A council officer visited and saw several cars. Stojanovic and her partner claimed they were just washing the vehicles and storing them elsewhere. The officer contacted the drivers of the vehicles and asked them to complete witness statements. These confirmed they dropped off their vehicles at Gatwick Airport and picked up their vehicles from Gatwick Airport after returning from holiday. No arrangements were made for their cars to be washed and valeted.
Councillor Gill Black, chairman of the planning committee, said: "This is the second successful prosecution we have taken against Ms Stojanovic, who is fully aware of the enforcement notice and the restrictions this places on using her land for off airport parking."
Stojanovic was fined £10,000, ordered to pay prosecution costs of £3,140 and £15 to the victim support fund when she appeared at Redhill Magistrates' Court on April 29.
