Recent statements in this category are shown below:
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Chorley Borough Council (23 017 308)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 27-Feb-2024
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with a planning application. This is because it is not yet possible to say if the complainant has suffered any significant injustice as a result of the alleged fault.
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Torridge District Council (23 017 547)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 27-Feb-2024
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with the complainant’s planning application. This is because the complainant had the right to appeal to the Planning Inspector.
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Wokingham Borough Council (23 017 637)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 27-Feb-2024
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with a planning application. This is because we are unlikely to find fault and the complainant has not suffered any significant injustice. Concerns about how the Council dealt with the complainant’s request for information are better dealt with by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
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Colchester City Council (23 005 199)
Statement Upheld Planning applications 27-Feb-2024
Summary: Mr X complained the Council’s decision to grant planning permission to a development at a neighbouring property was flawed. Mr X has also complained about how the Council responded to his reports of breaches of planning control. We do not find fault with how the Council considered the planning applications or responded to Mr X's enforcement complaints. We find the Council at fault for failing to make all relevant documents publicly available but find it has taken sufficient action to remedy this already.
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Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 27-Feb-2024
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about a planning decision made several years ago. We could not come to sound decisions about historical planning decisions, and in any event the injustice Mr X claims is not a matter for the Council as it is a civil matter between him and his neighbours.
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Lancashire County Council (23 015 427)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 27-Feb-2024
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s involvement in the building of a link road which Mr X wants closed to HGV traffic. This is because the complaint is a late complaint and so falls outside our jurisdiction.
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New Forest District Council (23 016 154)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 26-Feb-2024
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s handling of a recent planning application by Ms X’s neighbour and its decision not to impose a condition to protect Ms X’s boundary hedge and trees. This is because we are unlikely to find evidence of fault by the Council sufficient to warrant an investigation.
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Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (23 016 124)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 26-Feb-2024
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s decision not to include works at a golf course as part of an earlier application for other works on the course. This is because the complaint is a late complaint and so falls outside our jurisdiction.
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (23 012 916)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 26-Feb-2024
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s use of Ordnance Survey mapping data. We consider that further investigation will not lead to a different outcome. Also, we cannot achieve the outcome the complainant is seeking.
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Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council (23 006 639)
Statement Upheld Planning applications 26-Feb-2024
Summary: Mr X complained about how the Council handled his report of a breach of planning on land behind his property. We have found the Council at fault for a delayed and inadequate investigation resulting in the new development overlooking Mr X’s property. The Council has agreed to take action to remedy Mr X’s injustice.