Planning applications archive 2020-2021


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  • Dorset Council (20 010 339)

    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.

  • 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.

  • Dorset Council (19 019 698)

    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.

  • Chesterfield Borough Council (20 001 070)

    Statement Upheld Planning applications 11-Mar-2021

    Summary: Mr B and Ms C complained about the Council’s handling of two planning applications. They also complained about the Council’s handling of their complaints about that.

  • Chesterfield Borough Council (20 001 071)

    Statement Upheld Planning applications 11-Mar-2021

    Summary: Mr B and Ms C complained about the Council’s handling of two planning applications. They also complained about the Council’s handling of their complaints about that. We find no significant injustice was caused by the handling of the first planning application, and no fault in the handling of the second planning application. We find there was fault in complaint handling, causing injustice for which the Council has agreed to apologise.

  • City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (20 004 226)

    Statement Upheld Planning applications 11-Mar-2021

    Summary: The Council was at fault for the way it handled Mr X’s neighbour’s prior approval application. The Council misread a height measurement which led to a procedural error. Mr X experienced an injustice as a result of this error for which the Council has agreed a remedy.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Huntingdonshire District Council (20 009 495)

    Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 10-Mar-2021

    Summary: Mr 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.

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