Case Ref: 19 007 069 Category: Planning Sub Category: Planning applications

• Review its procedures to develop as simple and efficient way to succinctly record reasons for approving applications to discharge conditions. The Council should explain to the Ombudsman the action it will take to improve its performance in this area.

Case Ref: 19 007 068 Category: Planning Sub Category: Planning applications

• Review its procedures to develop as simple and efficient way to succinctly record reasons for approving applications to discharge conditions. The Council should explain to the Ombudsman the action it will take to improve its performance in this area.

Case Ref: 19 006 222 Category: Planning Sub Category: Planning applications

• The Council was at fault in its use of some of the planning conditions imposed on granting planning permission and at fault in the way in which one of the conditions was discharged. The Council agreed to review its guidance to officers on the use of planning conditions.

Case Ref: 18 016 062 Category: Planning Sub Category: Planning applications

• The Council should review its procedures to develop as simple and efficient way to succinctly record reasons for approving applications to discharge conditions. The Council should explain to the Ombudsman the action it will take to improve its performance in this area.

Case Ref: 17 008 131 Category: Planning Sub Category: Building control

• The Council agreed to: continue to carry out empty-house surveys on all Airey houses it owns that become available; share its findings with the independent expert no later than November 2020 and give the expert an opportunity to comment on its findings; review its findings and any comments it receives from the expert before deciding what actions if any are necessary; and provide a summary of its findings and decisions to the Ombudsman within 2 months of completing the survey report.