New Forest National Park Authority (23 018 540)

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

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s validation of his planning application. This is because the Council’s actions did not cause Mr X significant enough injustice to warrant investigation.

Royal Borough of Greenwich (23 017 399)

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

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s determination of two planning applications. It was reasonable for Mr X to appeal to the Planning Inspectorate about a refusal of an application and delays in deciding them. We will not investigate the Council’s failure to advise Mr X about his applications because there is insufficient evidence of fault.

Mid Sussex District Council (23 017 331)

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

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council granting planning permission for a development next to the complainant. There is not enough evidence of fault in the way the Council reached its decision.

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (23 008 899)

Statement Not upheld Planning applications 12-Mar-2024

Summary: Mrs X complained about the Council’s decision to grant planning permission for development, which she said badly affected her home. We found no fault causing injustice in how the Council reached its planning decision.

Southampton City Council (23 015 265)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 12-Mar-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s handling of Mr X’s neighbour’s planning application and its decision to grant permission. This is because we are unlikely to find evidence of fault by the Council sufficient to warrant an investigation.

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (23 017 230)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 11-Mar-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s handling of a planning application. This is because the issues Mr X raises have not caused him significant injustice as the Council has not yet decided whether to grant planning permission.

Leeds City Council (23 017 244)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 11-Mar-2024

Summary: We will not investigate Miss X’s complaint about how the Council’s dealt with and decided a change-of-use planning application for a site near her property. There is not enough evidence of fault in its decision-making process to warrant us investigating and we cannot achieve the outcome Miss X seeks from her complaint.

Sheffield City Council (23 016 986)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 11-Mar-2024

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s handling of his neighbour’s planning applications and a planning enforcement matter relating to the development approved. This is because there is not enough evidence of fault by the Council.

Northumberland County Council (23 010 355)

Statement Upheld Planning applications 11-Mar-2024

Summary: Mr X complained the Council did not properly consider his objections to a neighbour’s planning application. He also complained the Council did not properly investigate his subsequent complaint. Mr X says the Council’s actions caused him considerable distress. We found fault by the Council and the Council has agreed to provide an apology and a financial remedy to Mr X.

Winchester City Council (23 011 928)

Statement Upheld Planning applications 11-Mar-2024

Summary: Mr D says the Council did not follow the correct process advertising a planning application. The Council has already accepted fault in this matter. We have not found any evidence of additional fault or an unremedied injustice. We have completed the investigation and upheld the complaint because of the already accepted fault.