London Borough of Hillingdon (21 017 749)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 24-Mar-2022

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s handling of the complainant’s planning application. This is because the complaint does not meet the tests in our Assessment Code on how we decide which complaints to investigate. It is reasonable to expect the complainant to have used the right of appeal to the Planning Inspectorate for non-determination of an application.

Rutland County Council (21 017 955)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 24-Mar-2022

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s decision to grant planning permission for a development next to Mrs X’s home. This is because the decision to grant planning permission was taken in 2003 and so this is a late complaint and there are no good reasons to investigate now. We will also not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about damage caused to her property because the Council is not responsible for this.

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (21 018 110)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 23-Mar-2022

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with a planning application. This is because we cannot yet determine if the complainant has suffered significant injustice as a result of the alleged fault.

South Derbyshire District Council (21 010 440)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 23-Mar-2022

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s handling of a planning application and associated enforcement matters relating to a site next to the complainant’s home. This is because the complaint does not meet the tests in our Assessment Code on how we decide which complaints to investigate. There is not enough evidence of fault by the Council directly causing the complainant a significant injustice.

Birmingham City Council (21 018 210)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 22-Mar-2022

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with an application for a development near the complainant’s home. This is because we are unlikely to find fault. The complainant has also not suffered significant injustice because of the alleged fault.

Peterborough City Council (21 016 556)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 21-Mar-2022

Summary: Mr X complains about matters relating to the Council’s decision to grant planning permission for development at a site adjacent to his home. We will not investigate the complaint because an investigation is unlikely to find evidence of fault by the Council.

Melton Borough Council (21 004 376)

Statement Upheld Planning applications 21-Mar-2022

Summary: Mr and Mrs M complain about the Council's decision to approve a planning application for a development next to their home and that it failed to take enforcement action promptly. We have found fault but this did not cause injustice to Mr and Mrs M. The Council has now changed the information it publishes about its planning decisions.

Central Bedfordshire Council (21 011 462)

Statement Not upheld Planning applications 21-Mar-2022

Summary: Mrs X complained on behalf of a group of residents who are concerned about development in their area. We ended our investigation because further investigation was unlikely to result in a finding of fault, a significant injustice or any other meaningful outcome.

London Borough of Tower Hamlets (21 011 761)

Statement Not upheld Planning applications 21-Mar-2022

Summary: There was no fault by the Council in a complaint about noise and dust nuisance caused by nearby construction works.

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (21 017 314)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 21-Mar-2022

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X and Mrs Y’s complaint about the Council’s grant of planning permission for a new dwelling in 2018 because the complaint is late. We will not investigate their more recent enforcement issue relating to the same development as the matter does not cause them significant injustice.