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News and Press Archive October 2008

29 October 2008
Failure to notify of planning application for modern house
Bath and North East Somerset Council failed to notify a woman of an application to build a modern, two-storey house on property adjoining hers.


24 October 2008
Ombudsman criticises Council over refusal to remedy injustice
Oswestry Borough Council has declined to fulfil a recommendation to remedy injustice caused by its fault over the grant of planning permission for a bungalow in the countryside.


23 October 2008
Failure to provide out-of-school education
Surrey County Council did not provide appropriate education for a boy who was out of school.


23 October 2008
Failure to follow statutory admissions code
Coopers and Coborn School, Upminster, offered places to eight pupils on the grounds of an aptitude for sport or music but had made no provision for doing so in its admission arrangements.


17 October 2008
Ombudsman criticises Greenwich Council over school extension
Failures in the way Greenwich Council handled its own planning application for an extension to a school.


15 October 2008
Ombudsman criticises Ealing Council over extension
Ealing Council should not have issued a lawful development certificate (LDC) for an extension within a conservation area.