Enforcement


Recent statements in this category are shown below:

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Hart District Council (23 008 007)

    Statement Not upheld Enforcement 09-Feb-2024

    Summary: X complained about the Council’s decision not to take planning enforcement action against a neighbour, who had built a structure in breach of planning controls. We found no fault in the way the Council made its decision that no further action was justified.

  • Arun District Council (23 011 029)

    Statement Not upheld Enforcement 09-Feb-2024

    Summary: X complained about the Council’s decision to allow development on their neighbour’s land. We did not continue our investigation as it was unlikely to result in a different outcome or a remedy for X.

  • Sheffield City Council (23 015 234)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 08-Feb-2024

    Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about the Council’s decision not to enforce against a neighbour’s garden works involving a planning breach, and how it dealt with her complaint. There is not enough evidence of fault in the Council’s enforcement decision‑making process to warrant an investigation. We do not investigate councils’ complaint-handling where we are not investigating the core issue which gave rise to the complaint. We also cannot achieve outcomes Mrs X seeks from the complaint.

  • Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (23 004 095)

    Statement Upheld Enforcement 08-Feb-2024

    Summary: Mr X complained the Council failed to take action against unauthorised development and use of neighbouring land. There was fault causing injustice due to the Council’s delays and lack of proper oversight of the enforcement investigations.

  • Dorset Council (23 014 365)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 08-Feb-2024

    Summary: We will not investigate this complaint that the Council has failed to carry out a standards enquiry into the actions of staff members, who are alleged to have knowingly supplied false information during planning enforcement and council tax liability appeals. The alleged failure to conduct an enquiry does not cause the complainant a significant personal injustice, and we cannot involve ourselves in such disciplinary matters.

  • Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council (22 015 200)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 07-Feb-2024

    Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint that the Council failed to properly investigate the siting of a storage container at a property adjacent to his home. This is because an investigation is unlikely to find evidence of fault by the Council sufficient to warrant an investigation.

  • London Borough of Merton (23 005 643)

    Statement Upheld Enforcement 07-Feb-2024

    Summary: Mr D complains about the way the Council has dealt with planning matters relating to a development behind his home. There was fault in the way enforcement was undertaken which has caused uncertainty. To remedy this, the Council has agreed to re-visit the site. If a breach is found, Mr D may come back to the Ombudsman to consider if there is any unremedied injustice.

  • Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (23 014 335)

    Statement Upheld Enforcement 07-Feb-2024

    Summary: We will not investigate this complaint that the Council has failed to address the complainant’s concerns about a business operating from a neighbouring council house. This is because we cannot investigate complaints about the management of social housing, there is not enough evidence of fault in the Council’s handling of the planning application for the business use or the subsequent reports of breaches of planning control, and the Council has addressed shortcomings in the associated complaint correspondence.

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