Buckinghamshire Council (20 010 990)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 23-Mar-2021

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint the Council allowed a builder to use a skip, blocking the road, to remove building waste from near his home. The Council has not caused Mr X an injustice.

Cheshire East Council (20 012 175)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 22-Mar-2021

Summary: Mr X complains about the Council’s grant of planning permission for a wall. We will not investigate this complaint because there is no evidence of fault by the Council or of significant personal injustice that would warrant investigation.

Amber Valley Borough Council (20 011 703)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 17-Mar-2021

Summary: Mr X complains about the Council’s handling of matters relating to a conditioned landscaping scheme attached to planning permissions granted for development in his area. We will not investigate the complaint because past events fall outside our jurisdiction due to the passage of time and we are unlikely to find evidence of fault by the Council with regard to more recent events.

Reigate & Banstead Borough Council (20 003 544)

Statement Upheld Enforcement 16-Mar-2021

Summary: Mrs B complained the Council failed to search its systems properly causing her permitted development to be investigated twice. She also complained the Council failed to protect her personal details, comply with data protection rules or consider her complaint properly. We uphold Mrs B’s complaint and find the Council put her to the time and trouble of complaining and caused her distress. The Council has agreed to apologise to Mrs B, pay her the sum of £100 for the injustice caused and share this decision with its staff.

Teignbridge District Council (20 011 009)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 15-Mar-2021

Summary: Mr X complained about the Council’s decision not to take enforcement action against his neighbour for erecting a 1.8 metre fence on the boundary with his property. We should not investigate this complaint. This is because there is insufficient evidence of fault which would warrant an investigation.

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.

Bromsgrove District Council (19 018 707)

Statement Upheld Enforcement 09-Mar-2021

Summary: The Ombudsman found no fault by the Council on Mr Q’s complaint about it failing to properly investigate his reports of a neighbour using residential premises for agricultural and commercial purposes in breach of planning control. The Council failed to show what it did to investigate his reports for a period of 3 months. The fault caused Mr Q no significant injustice.

Northampton Borough Council (20 011 376)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 08-Mar-2021

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council deciding not to take enforcement action against an outbuilding. It is unlikely we would find fault by the Council has caused the complainant injustice that warrants our involvement.

East Lindsey District Council (19 019 630)

Statement Not upheld Enforcement 08-Mar-2021

Summary: Mrs C complains about the way the Council approved and monitored an archaeological planning condition and wrongly interpreted a drainage planning condition. Mrs C says it is possible that important archaeology may not have been properly recorded or lost and existing flooding issues will be exacerbated. We have found no evidence of fault by the Council.

Erewash Borough Council (19 017 357)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 05-Mar-2021

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with a breach of planning control. This is because the complaint is late.