Stratford-on-Avon District Council (20 005 668)

Statement Upheld Planning applications 10-Feb-2021

Summary: Mr X complained about Councils decision to grant planning permission to develop a neighbouring property despite receiving objections from him and the local Highway Authority. He further complained about the way in which the Council dealt with his concerns. The Ombudsman finds there was fault by the Council, however that did not cause Mr X an injustice.

Sedgemoor District Council (20 009 595)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 08-Feb-2021

Summary: Mr X complains the Council delayed in responding to his enquiries. Also, it will not specify what work to his listed building requires Listed Building Consent. We will not investigate this complaint. The Council has apologised for the delay which is a suitable remedy to this part of the complaint. Further investigation is unlikely to lead to a different outcome. And concerns about his application for Listed Building Consent are outside our jurisdiction as Mr X has appealed to the Planning Inspectorate.

Leeds City Council (20 009 680)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 08-Feb-2021

Summary: Ms X complains about the Council’s grant of planning permission for a neighbour’s extension. We will not investigate this complaint because there is no evidence of fault by the Council causing significant personal injustice and part of the complaint is out of time.

West Lindsey District Council (20 009 713)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 08-Feb-2021

Summary: Mr X complains about planning permission for a neighbour’s property and the service of an enforcement notice upon him. We will not investigate this complaint because he has a right of appeal against the notice and the planning permission is out of time.

South Somerset District Council (20 009 957)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 08-Feb-2021

Summary: Mr X complains that the Council failed to send a Planning Inspector all necessary documents to support their refusal of a planning application. We will not investigate this complaint because the decision to grant planning permission was by a Planning Inspector who is out of jurisdiction.

Amber Valley Borough Council (20 003 084)

Statement Upheld Planning applications 05-Feb-2021

Summary: There was fault by the Council, because it misunderstood the permitted development rules when considering a prior approval application. This caused an injustice to the complainant, which it has agreed to remedy. However, with regard to the other issues raised by the complainant, we have either found no fault, or have discontinued our investigation.

Stroud District Council (20 004 445)

Statement Not upheld Planning applications 05-Feb-2021

Summary: Mr X complained about the Council’s decision to approve a planning application that will allow vehicle access over a track. We ended our investigation as it is unlikely to result in finding a significant fault or an injustice that we can remedy.

Allerdale Borough Council (20 009 968)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 05-Feb-2021

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with a planning application. This is because the complainant has not been caused significant injustice by the alleged fault.

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (20 005 090)

Statement Not upheld Planning applications 03-Feb-2021

Summary: Mr and Mrs X complained about the Council’s decision to approve planning permission at a site it owns. We find the Council was not at fault.

North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council (20 001 434)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 03-Feb-2021

Summary: The complainants say the Council failed to follow the correct process when it granted planning permission for their neighbour’s extension. We will not investigate this complaint as we are unlikely to find fault in the Council’s actions. Nor is it likely that further investigation will lead to a different outcome.