Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (24 014 274)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 18-Mar-2025

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s decision to approve a planning application. This complaint is late and there are no good reasons why it could not have been made sooner. Nor will we investigate a complaint about the Council’s decision-making relating to planning enforcement. It is unlikely we would find fault.

Redcar & Cleveland Council (24 017 226)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 18-Mar-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council not considering safety concerns related to telecommunications masts and its use of its vexatious complainant procedure. This is because there is insufficient evidence of fault and significant injustice.

London Borough of Waltham Forest (24 017 789)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 18-Mar-2025

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s handling of planning enforcement issues related to works at the property next to the complainant. There is not enough evidence of fault by the Council.

Wealden District Council (24 008 716)

Statement Not upheld Planning applications 17-Mar-2025

Summary: Mr X complains on behalf of a local residents’ group that the Council did not have due regard to the Equality Act 2010 in its decisions to grant planning permission applications close to their homes. We find no fault with the Council’s decision-making.

Buckinghamshire Council (24 020 079)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 14-Mar-2025

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with a breach of planning control. This is because we are unlikely to find fault.

Telford & Wrekin Council (24 006 621)

Statement Not upheld Planning applications 13-Mar-2025

Summary: Mr and Mrs X complained the Council failed to properly consult residents on a new development and later changes to the plans. They also complained the Council failed to properly oversee the work at the development site, failed to properly consider flood risk, and failed to act on breaches of planning control. This affected Mr and Mrs X’s privacy and amenity, causing them distress. We ended our investigation. We did not see evidence of significant fault by the Council, and we could not add to the Council’s investigation or achieve the outcome Mr and Mrs X wanted.

Northumberland County Council (24 017 033)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 13-Mar-2025

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council failing to take planning enforcement action against works to a building which the complainant thinks is curtilage listed. There is not enough evidence that fault by the Council has caused the complainant a significant injustice.

Hyndburn Borough Council (24 011 562)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 12-Mar-2025

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about planning enforcement because there is no evidence of fault by the Council.

Blaby District Council (24 018 761)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 12-Mar-2025

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 by the Council.

Herefordshire Council (24 017 237)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 12-Mar-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Ms X’s complaint about a decision to approve a planning application for development near her property. There is insufficient evidence of fault to warrant an investigation.