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Complaint Outcomes: Planning archive 2005-06

 

London Borough of Southwark (04B06313)
Failure to consult woman on revised plans for development next door to her property.

30 March 2006

Isle of Wight Council (05B00785)
Some faults found relating to permissions for use of a site for motocross events, but these did not cause injustice to the complainants.

30 March 2006

North Shropshire District Council (05B00163)
Taking irrelevant consideration into account when granting planning permission for two houses.

29 March 2006

Rossendale Borough Council (04C07580 & 4 others)
The Council failed to take effective enforcement action against a factory causing a noise nuisance.

28 February 2006

Bradford City C (04C08279)
Failure to enforce conditions attached to planning permission for development on land adjacent to complainants home

23 January 2006

London Borough of Southwark (05B02405 + 10 others)
Inadequate publicity given to application for proposed telecommunications mast - lost opportunity to object.

16 January 2006

Carlisle City Council (04C13744)
Failures in handling of planning application for extension.

16 January 2006

Bedford Borough Council (04B16901)
Failure to investigate complaints about nuisance from a model aircraft club, and mishandling a grant of planning permission.

12 January 2006

London Borough of Merton (04B09253)
Delay in dealing with complaints about nuisance from a ventilation system installed without planning permission.

15 December 2005

East Riding of Yorkshire Council (04C16029)
Council gave wrong advice about whether neighbour's garden development needed planning permission.

12 December 2005

Arun District Council (03A06111)
Grant of outline planning permission for housing development next to commercial site without seeking environmental health advice.

08 December 2005

Stratford-on-Avon District Council (04B18695 + one other)
Overlooking caused by failure to consider neighbour amenity adequately when granting planning permission.

25 October 2005

Swindon Borough Council (03B17424 + 3 others)
Ten-year delay in taking enforcement action against unlawful use of builder's storage yard.

24 October 2005

Rossendale Borough Council (04C12526)
The Council failed to properly consider the effect of a new development on neighbours' privacy.

07 October 2005

Reigate & Banstead Borough Council (04A01941)
Failure to take effective action over unauthorised use of land at a social club.

03 October 2005

St Albans City Council (04A05724)
Catalogue of faults in the way the Council considered a planning application for extensions to a property.

29 September 2005

Wansbeck DC (03C19108)
Inconsistency in the way two seperate applications were dealt with for the same piece of land.

29 September 2005

Birmingham City C (04C16327)
Councils failure to identify works that were required by the Building Regulations for home improvements, including a loft conversion and new stairway.

29 September 2005

East Riding of Yorkshire (04C07641)
Failure to advise woman about lifting of an agricultural occupancy condition on inherited cottage.

02 August 2005

Torridge District Council (04B03126)
Substantial fault in considering a planning application for converting a barn to a holiday home.

28 July 2005

Worcester City Council (04B07046)
Failure to notify a man of amendments to plans for a bungalow next to his home, that worsened its impact on his amenity.

19 July 2005

Teesdale District Council (03C17256)
Failure to consider residents' amenity when granting planning permission for development.

13 July 2005

East Lindsey DC (04C12529)
Failure to observe that the wrong airbricks had been installed during the building of a bungalow, which was therefore in contravention of the building regulations.

7 June 2005

Dartmoor National Park Authority (04B03955 + 2 others)
Faults in handling of planning application for alterations and an extension to a shop.

04 May 2005

Darlington Borough Council (03C11999 and one other)
Failure to protect residents' amenity adequately when granting permission for development of a football stadium.

25 April 2005

Warrington Borough Council (03C03769)
Delay in taking enforcement action against breaches of planning control at a garden nursery.

12 April 2005