Planning


Recent reports in this category are shown below:

  • City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (23 015 391)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 13-Feb-2024

    Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about planning enforcement because the matter has been appealed to a Planning Inspector (and other matters could have been appealed). Part of the complaint is also out of time.

  • South Holland District Council (23 015 432)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning advice 13-Feb-2024

    Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s pre-application planning advice. This is because Mr X applied for planning permission against the Council’s recommendation and did not seek any further advice after correcting an error regarding the location of the proposal. The Council also made clear its advice was informal and non-binding and it was Mr X’s choice to incur costs to pursue a formal application. We could not therefore say the injustice he claims is the result of any fault by the Council.

  • Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (23 008 501)

    Statement Not upheld Planning applications 13-Feb-2024

    Summary: Ms X complained the Council failed to give proper consideration to a planning application at a neighbour’s property. She also said the Council failed to respond to reports of a breach of planning conditions. Ms X said this had impacted her residential amenity. She said this had an impact on biodiversity and protected species. The Ombudsman does not find fault in the Council’s actions.

  • North Yorkshire Council (23 010 848)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 13-Feb-2024

    Summary: We will not investigate Miss X’s complaint about alleged breaches of planning control by a neighbouring landowner. This is because the Council has explained the reasons it cannot take action and there is not enough evidence of fault affecting its decision. We will not investigate Miss X’s complaint about the landowner’s planning application from 2014 as it is unlikely we could effectively investigate the issue so long after the event or that we would find fault by the Council. We also cannot achieve the outcome Miss X wants.

  • East Hertfordshire District Council (23 011 190)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Building control 13-Feb-2024

    Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about a building control matter. This is because there is not enough evidence of fault by the Council or to show its actions caused Mr X significant injustice. We also cannot achieve the outcome Mr X wants.

  • Wyre Borough Council (23 013 262)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 13-Feb-2024

    Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about planning enforcement because there is no evidence of fault by the Council.

  • Leeds City Council (23 015 365)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 12-Feb-2024

    Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about how the Council dealt with his objections to his neighbour’s development, how it applied its own planning guidance, and its consideration of the development’s planning impacts on his property. There is not enough evidence of fault in the Council’s decision-making process which would have affected the planning outcome to warrant an investigation.

  • Elmbridge Borough Council (23 009 000)

    Statement Not upheld Planning applications 12-Feb-2024

    Summary: Mrs B complained that the Council when determining a planning application, failed to properly consider the impact on her amenity and published comments from the applicant which she considered to be defamatory. We have not found fault with the Council’s actions.

  • Wychavon District Council (23 012 083)

    Statement Upheld Planning applications 12-Feb-2024

    Summary: Ms C complained the Council approved a planning application without sufficiently protecting her neighbouring amenity and did not take enough action to address the developers breaches of planning control. We found some fault in how the Council considered the planning application. However, we cannot say whether the outcome would have been different, and it has since arranged for mitigations. There was no fault in the enforcement process, it therefore reached decisions it was entitled to make.

  • South Kesteven District Council (23 015 322)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 09-Feb-2024

    Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s handling of his neighbour’s planning application. This is because there is not enough evidence of fault affecting its decision to grant planning permission.

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