Archive has 287 results
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Craven District Council (18 019 423)
Statement Not upheld Enforcement 19-Nov-2019
Summary: Mrs B complains the Council wrongly did not impose a planning condition restricting the opening hours of a bar close to her home. Mrs B says this has removed a potential enforcement option if local residents are caused a noise nuisance. The Council was not at fault for the way it made this decision. This means we cannot say the decision was wrong. We have completed our investigation.
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Copeland Borough Council (19 010 568)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 18-Nov-2019
Summary: Mrs X complains about the Council’s failure to take planning enforcement action against a blocked public access. The Ombudsman will not investigate this complaint because there is no evidence of fault by the Council causing injustice. Part of the complaint is out of time.
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Gedling Borough Council (19 011 873)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 15-Nov-2019
Summary: The Ombudsman cannot investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s handling of a planning enforcement matter. This is because Mr X has appealed against the Council’s enforcement notice to the Planning Inspectorate.
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Statement Upheld Enforcement 14-Nov-2019
Summary: There was fault by the Council as its planning system did not correctly show that houses had permitted development rights removed. Officers remedied this fault and there was no fault in the enforcement officer’s decision not to take action over unauthorised decking or removal of trees, other than to require replanting.
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Tandridge District Council (18 013 424)
Statement Not upheld Enforcement 13-Nov-2019
Summary: There was no fault by the Council in a complaint about its handling of planning enforcement and noise nuisance complaints Ms Y made about the operation of a car wash.
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Tandridge District Council (18 013 461)
Statement Not upheld Enforcement 13-Nov-2019
Summary: There was no fault by the Council in a complaint about the Council’s handling of planning enforcement and noise nuisance complaints Ms X made about the operation of a car wash.
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Nottingham City Council (19 007 778)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 13-Nov-2019
Summary: The Ombudsman will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with a breach of planning control or its decision to discharge a planning condition. This is because it is unlikely he will find fault by the Council.
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Brighton & Hove City Council (19 010 450)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 13-Nov-2019
Summary: Mr X complains that the Council has refused to take planning enforcement action against a neighbour’s windows. The Ombudsman will not investigate this complaint because there is no evidence of fault by the Council.
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North Devon District Council (18 015 673)
Statement Upheld Enforcement 12-Nov-2019
Summary: The Ombudsman upholds Mr X’s complaint. The Council delayed in opening an enforcement investigation. It also communicated poorly and failed to act on Mr X’s environmental health concerns. This frustrated Mr X and left him unsure how the Council had considered his concerns. The Council will apologise to Mr X, provide a service from its environmental health team and issue reminders to staff about information sharing, the investigation process, and timely communication.
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Birmingham City Council (19 000 318)
Statement Not upheld Enforcement 12-Nov-2019
Summary: Mr D complains the Council failed to give accurate advice prior to and during his construction of a boundary wall that was later found to be a breach of planning consent. The Ombudsman has found no fault.