Durham County Council (20 005 244)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 25-Mar-2021

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council not providing a document requested under the Freedom of Information Act. The complainant can raise the matter with the Information Commissioner and appeal to a tribunal if necessary.

Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (20 007 757)

Statement Upheld Enforcement 25-Mar-2021

Summary: Mr and Mrs Y complain the Council has failed to deal with a breach of planning control in the housing development behind their home, did not investigate their complaint properly and has ignored their correspondence. The Council has already apologised for the delay in its complaint response and has accepted there was fault in its planning report. This fault did not cause significant injustice. There was no fault in the way the Council dealt with the breach of planning control.

Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (20 007 770)

Statement Upheld Planning applications 25-Mar-2021

Summary: Mr Z complains the Council has failed to deal with a breach of planning control in the housing development behind his home and did not deal with his complaint properly. The Council has already apologised for the delay in its complaint response and has accepted there was fault in its planning report. We find this fault did not cause significant injustice. There was no fault in the way the Council dealt with a breach of planning control.

Liverpool City Council (20 012 162)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Building control 25-Mar-2021

Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint that the Council wrongly signed off her building work as compliant with the Building Regulations. This is because we cannot achieve any worthwhile outcome for Mrs X.

Newark & Sherwood District Council (20 011 745)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 24-Mar-2021

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s handling of a planning application. This is because there is no evidence of fault affecting its decision.

North Devon District Council (19 006 450)

Statement Not upheld Planning applications 24-Mar-2021

Summary: the complainant says the Council failed to properly consider a planning application for a house built close to her home resulting in a building it would otherwise have refused. The Council says it considered the application against all relevant planning policies and says the application met the criteria for a local needs’ application. We find the Council acted without fault in deciding the application.

Milton Keynes Council (19 018 291)

Statement Not upheld Building control 24-Mar-2021

Summary: Ms X says the Council did not properly inspect building works at a neighbouring property before it issued a completion certificate. I have stopped investigating this complaint and do not uphold Ms X’s complaint. The outcome Ms X wants can only be provided by a court and cannot be achieved through an investigation by the Ombudsman.

Wychavon District Council (20 003 759)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 24-Mar-2021

Summary: Mr X complains about the way the Council has considered a planning application for a development next to him. We will not investigate this complaint because planning permission has not yet been given and so any injustice is speculative and does not warrant investigation.

Breckland District Council (20 006 121)

Statement Not upheld Planning applications 24-Mar-2021

Summary: Mr B complains about the Council’s decision to approve planning permission for a development in the garden of a neighbouring property. There was no fault with the way the Council reached its decision.

Reading Borough Council (20 006 237)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 24-Mar-2021

Summary: Mr X, Ms Y and Ms Z complain about the Council’s decision to approve its own planning application for a development close to their homes. We will not investigate this complaint because we are unlikely to find fault in the Council’s actions and further investigation is unlikely to lead to a different outcome.