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Sheffield City Council (20 004 745)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 15-Mar-2021
Summary: We will not investigate Ms X’s complaint about the Council’s handling of her neighbour’s planning applications. The Council did not grant planning permission for the neighbour’s extension and I have seen no evidence of fault in its handling of their application to vary the approved plans.
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Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 12-Mar-2021
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with planning applications for a site near the complainant’s home. This is because one of the applications has been subject to court proceedings and therefore outside the Ombudsman’s jurisdiction. The complainant has not been caused significant injustice by the more recent issues she has complained about.
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (20 010 802)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 12-Mar-2021
Summary: Ms X complains about the Council’s failure to take a strategic view when granting planning permission for applications in residential areas. We will not investigate the complaint because it is unlikely we will find evidence of fault by the Council.
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Winchester City Council (20 011 034)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 12-Mar-2021
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with a planning application or a breach of planning control. This is because parts of the complaint are late and we are unlikely to find fault with the remaining issues complained about.
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Maldon District Council (20 004 572)
Statement Not upheld Planning applications 12-Mar-2021
Summary: Mr X complained the Council wrongly advised him to apply for planning permission for an existing permitted development, sited on his property. Mr X also complained about how the Council handled the entire planning application and his complaint about it. We have discontinued our investigation. This is because the Ombudsman cannot achieve the outcome Mr X seeks and it is unlikely further investigation will lead to a different outcome.
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (20 008 239)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 11-Mar-2021
Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about the Council’s refusal to refund her planning application fee. This is because there is no evidence of fault by the Council.
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Leeds City Council (20 009 842)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 11-Mar-2021
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with a possible breach of planning control. This is because it is unlikely we would find fault by the Council.
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Dover District Council (20 011 409)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 11-Mar-2021
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s record keeping in relation to pre-application planning advice it gave to a developer. This is because the complainant has not suffered significant personal injustice because of the alleged fault.
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Lincolnshire County Council (20 011 626)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 11-Mar-2021
Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s involvement as a highways consultee on a planning application for a new development and junction near his property. There is not enough evidence of fault by the Council to warrant our investigation. We also cannot achieve the outcome Mr X wants.
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Statement Upheld Planning applications 11-Mar-2021
Summary: Mr and Mrs B say the Council has failed to properly process a planning application for a residential development next to their home. Mr and Mrs B say this has caused them a loss of privacy, distress and uncertainty. The Ombudsman finds the Council failed to upload certain application documents onto its website in time. But, the Ombudsman does not find that this fault caused Mr and Mrs B significant injustice. The Ombudsman does not uphold the remaining parts of the complaint as the Council was not at fault.