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Complaint Outcomes: Planning archive 2007-08

 

Fareham Borough Council (06B16269)
Failure to keep a tree preservation order up to date, leading to uncertainty over protection of a woodland area.

31 March 2008

Bath & North East Somerset Council (05B08418)
Incorrectly threatening to take enforcement action against a site owner.

27 March 2008

Forest Heath District Council (06A15080, 07A00517)
Ill-considered reasons for grant of planning permission gave appearance of bias and favouritism towards son of a member of planning committee.

18 March 2008

Bath & North East Somerset Council (05B15565)
Fault in the investigation of nuisance from a green belt site and other related planning matters.

30 January 2008

Plymouth City Council (06B15306)
Delay in taking enforcement action over non-compliance with planning conditions at industrial premises.

21 January 2008

Oswestry Borough Council (06B09241)
Planning permission granted for a new bungalow in the countryside, against both local plan policy and officers’ recommendation, without good planning reasons.

17 January 2008

East Cambridgeshire District Council (05B01966 + 3 others)
Faults in the way planning permission was granted for homes on the site of a former gasworks.

10 January 2008

Restormel Borough Council (06B11183)
Approval of a lawful development certificate for an industrial business in a rural area was “fundamentally flawed”

09 January 2008

London Borough of Ealing (07A06930)
Error allowed roof extension to be built larger than should have been permitted.

06 December 2007

Woking Borough Council (06A16418 + 2 others)
Deadline missed for refusal of permission for mobile phone mast.

31 October 2007

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (06B01186, 06404)
Flawed consideration of revised detailed planning application for a housing development.

31 October 2007

Macclesfield Borough Council (06C01990)
Error over dates when issuing refusal of permission for telephone mast led to applicant gaining 'deemed consent' to erect mast.

30 October 2007

Herefordshire Council (06B14891)
Failure to justify decision to permit development against officer's advice.

10 October 2007

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (06B12090, 06B13017)
Notification letters sent to wrong addresses.

18 September 2007

Durham City Council (04C17368)
Failure to consider local plan policies when granting planning permission for an indoor football stadium.

09 August 2007

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council (06C01360)
Decision to grant a certificate of lawful use for land was based on a flawed report.

09 August 2007

Bristol City Council (06B01379, 07B02281)
Lost opportunity to minimise impact of a waste recycling centre.

30 July 2007

Selby District Council (06B03908)
Serious deficiencies in report on application to demolish buildings in a conservation area.

24 July 2007

King’s Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council (06B06809)
Redesignated 'greenfield' site as ‘brownfield’ contrary to Government definition and its own policies, and approved planning application for new village homes.

11 July 2007

Cambridge City Council (06B07907)
Failure to “ensure an even-handed and consistent approach” when granting permission for two extensions in the same road.

21 June 2007

London Borough of Croydon (04B16079)
Incorrectly advising a woman’s neighbour that he did not need planning permission for works that included excavating beneath her driveway and garage and a party wall.

13 June 2007

London Borough of Merton (05B09611 + 2 others)
Delay in acting when new properties were built close to boundaries and not in accordance with approved plans.

12 June 2007

South Somerset District Council (05B15862)
Mishandling of a planning application for a manufacturing business and then delaying eight months in commencing enforcement action against unauthorised activity.

22 May 2007

Bradford City Council (06C02472)
Extensive flaws in the way planning permission was granted for a home extension.

17 May 2007

London Borough of Hounslow (05A14008)
Irrelevant matters taken into account when deciding not to take enforcement action against unauthorised development.

16 May 2007

Canterbury City Council (06A05098)
Council did not prepare reports on decisions made under delegated powers to grant planning permission.

16 May 2007

Carlisle City Council (05C13355)
Failure to take action over a developer’s failure to produce a landscaping scheme for a site.

14 May 2007

West Wiltshire District Council (06B00538 + 3 others)
Council’s Area Committee was not informed of its conservation officer’s concerns about a proposed development, so decision made on the basis of incomplete information.

10 May 2007

Wycombe District Council (06A04924 + 3 others)
Missed deadline for refusing planning permission for a telecommunications mast.

19 April 2007

Selby District Council (05C09330)
Failures in enforcement issues on use of field as a car park for a farmhouse tea room.

12 April 2007

South Hams District Council (06B00102)
Failure to enforce against residential use of a converted garage after a planning inspector had dismissed an appeal against refusal of planning permission.

10 April 2007