Complaint Outcomes: Planning archive 2006-07
Caradon District Council (06B06121 + 5 others)
Grant of planning permission mishandled for a garage and boat store on a cliff top on a Heritage Coast.
29 March 2007
East Northamptonshire District Council (04B14532) & Northamptonshire County Council (04B15499)
Failures by two Councils meant that a road in a new housing development was not brought up to adoptable standard.
29 March 2007
Nottinghamshire County Council (05C16686)
Delay in taking action to replace a household waste recycling centre on the edge of a village.
29 March 2007
Tynedale District Council (05C16971)
Failure to follow policy on overhead power lines in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty when granting planning permission for a home.
21 March 2007
South Cambridgeshire District Council (05B05334)
When granting permission for new homes without considering issues of noise from an existing factory nearby.
19 March 2007
Tandridge District Council (05C15987)
Failure to take decisive action to deal with unlawful occupation of land by two Gypsy families for over 16 years.
01 February 2007
London Borough of Hackney (05A12349, 05A10374, 06A03393)
Failure to take enforcement action on planning breaches over several years - three separate reports issued at the same time.
14 December 2006
Epping Forest District Council (05A18923)
Catalogue of serious fault in handling of planning application for new house in green belt.
14 December 2006
Harrogate Borough Council (05C15424)
Councillor used casting vote to grant outline planning permission to fellow councillor and friend, in breach of six material planning policies.
14 December 2006
Leicester City Council (06B02002)
Shortcomings in the grant of consent for use of premises as a place of worship - but no fault in approach to enforcement against previous unauthorised use.
13 December 2006
Plymouth City Council (05B14474)
When granting permission for a new golf course, failure to address the impact of heavy lorries transporting infill material.
30 November 2006
Oxford City Council (05B14509)
Failure to record consideration of the impact of a new extension on neighbours' daylight, sunlight and outlook.
30 November 2006
London Borough of Ealing (05A18485)
Wrongful issue of lawful development certificate for roof extension.
29 November 2006
Epping Forest District Council (03A17164 + 1) & Essex County Council (03A18978 + 1)
The District Council wrongly gave advice that a waste transfer station had an established use, and the County Council granted a licence without taking adequate steps to ensure the advice was soundly based.
28 November 2006
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council (04C13282 + 3 others)
Failure to handle an application for garage development properly led to car wash spray nuisance for neighbours.
21 November 2006
North Somerset Council (05B05781, 06B00337)
Internal communication failures meant that an application for a large detached house was decided under officers’ delegated authority instead of by councillors.
16 November 2006
Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (04C07540)
Flawed decision to grant permission for large detached house between two listed buildings in a conservation area.
02 November 2006
Rossendale Borough Council (05C00542, 05C08792)
Delays in completing legal agreements with developers after councillors had agreed that planning permission should be given.
31 October 2006
Thanet District Council (05A06097 + 3 others)
Misleading residents by using an inaccurate description of a development when consulting on a planning application.
25 October 2006
Amber Valley Borough Council (05C00620)
No fault found over introduction of skate park or, later, action taken to deal with noise problems.
18 October 2006
London Borough of Hillingdon (05A12836)
Error in granting certificate of lawfulness for three-storey side extension.
28 September 2006
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council (05B12397, 05B13221)
Fundamental weaknesses exposed in the Council's planning enforcement function.
27 September 2006
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council (05C01218)
Failure to confirm a tree preservation order (TPO) as soon as reasonably feasible.
25 September 2006
Bradford City Council (04C05233)
Changes to a development in a conservation area were wrongly handled as minor amendemts and local residents were not renconsulted.
25 September 2006
West Devon Borough Council (05B14123, 05B14124)
Failure to follow delegation scheme in considering planning application.
31 August 2006
North Norfolk District Council (05B02502 + 10 others)
Fault in handling of planning application for affordable housing development in village. The County Council, as Highways Authority, had recommended refusal.
24 August 2006
Torbay Borough Council (05B09309, 05B13941)
Delay in taking action against caravan site owners for failure to comply with conditions in their site licences.
20 July 2006
London Borough of Havering (04A16802)
Councillor who used casting vote to approve development was "in flagrant breach of the Council's Protocol on Planning Probity".
29 June 2006
Sedgemoor District Council (05B04194)
Failure to investigate complaints of noise from a skittle alley, or enforce planning conditions.
29 June 2006
Caradon District Council (05B12538)
Poorly-worded decision notice - on refusal of lawful use application for shed - could be misconstrued, but had no effect on enforcement action.
26 June 2006
Breckland District Council (05B02734)
Woman endured seven months' avoidable loss of amenity from skatepark noise as a result of Council faults.
20 June 2006
North Wiltshire District Council (04B14163)
Faults in the handling of a planning application in a conservation area expressed to be about demolition of a shed and creation of a new vehicular access.
19 June 2006
Peak District National Park Authority (05C03504)
Failure to carry out regular planning control monitoring at a wildlife centre.
17 May 2006
East Riding of Yorkshire Council (04C07641 Further report)
Wrong planning advice given by telephone to woman about lifting of agricultural occupancy condition on a house - Council refused to fulfil remedy in Ombudsman's first report.
12 April 2006