Buckinghamshire Council (21 013 691)

Statement Upheld Enforcement 28-Mar-2022

Summary: Ms X complains about the Council’s failure to enforce a condition of a planning permission granted by the Planning Inspectorate. There was fault by the Council because of unreasonable delay in dealing with the matter. The Council agreed to act to remedy the injustice.

Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (21 004 337)

Statement Not upheld Enforcement 28-Mar-2022

Summary: Mrs D complains about planning advice provided by the Council. The Ombudsman has discontinued the investigation because there is not enough evidence of fault to warrant further investigation.

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council (20 014 193)

Statement Upheld Enforcement 28-Mar-2022

Summary: Mr C complains about the Council’s response to his reports of breaches of planning control which he says allowed a harmful impact on his family’s residential amenity and led to him spending unnecessary time and trouble in trying to resolve the matter. We have found fault by the Council in the time taken to address Mr C’s reports and poor communication but consider the agreed action of an apology, £750 and timely enforcement action going forward provides a suitable remedy.

Cheshire East Council (21 008 633)

Statement Not upheld Enforcement 27-Mar-2022

Summary: Mr X complained the Council delayed taking enforcement action against a developer who had breached planning conditions. We have discontinued our investigation as the Council’s enforcement investigation remains open. It is not possible for us to reach a decision on the alleged injustice caused by the Council’s actions until the enforcement investigation has concluded.

Rother District Council (21 017 698)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 27-Mar-2022

Summary: Mr X complains that the Council has not taken action to ensure a development near him is completed. We will not investigate this complaint because there is no evidence of fault by the Council causing injustice.

Hyndburn Borough Council (21 017 781)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 25-Mar-2022

Summary: We will not investigate Mrs B’s complaint about the Council’s response to a breach of planning control. This is because there is not enough evidence of fault to justify an investigation.

Rother District Council (21 001 443)

Statement Upheld Enforcement 25-Mar-2022

Summary: Mr X complains about delay by the Council in taking enforcement action against unauthorised development at a neighbouring property. There was unreasonable delay by the Council. However, the complaint was closed because Mr X did not suffer significant injustice in consequence of the fault.

Bristol City Council (21 010 585)

Statement Upheld Enforcement 24-Mar-2022

Summary: Mr X complained the Council was taking too long to investigate complaints about unlawful houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) in its area. We found fault because there was unreasonable delay in enforcement investigations. The Council has agreed to a remedy, to resolve the injustice caused by the fault we found.

London Borough of Harrow (21 016 028)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 24-Mar-2022

Summary: We do not propose investigating this complaint for the reasons in the assessment section below.

West Suffolk Council (21 017 763)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 24-Mar-2022

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about a lack of enforcement action. There is not enough evidence of fault in the Council’s actions to justify an investigation.