Durham County Council (25 011 842)

Statement Not upheld Building control 14-Apr-2026

Summary: Mr X complained the Council building control did not identify issues with his property, which he said does not meet energy standards. He is also unhappy with communications from the Council. Mr X said this distressed him. We have discontinued our investigation. There is not enough evidence of fault by the Council, and we do not investigate complaint handling and communication concerns, if we are not investigating the substantive complaint.

St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council (25 017 824)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 14-Apr-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s handling of a planning application. This is because there is not enough evidence to show any fault by the Council wrongly affected its decision to grant planning permission. The Council has explained in detail the reasons it considers the development acceptable and I have seen no basis for us to question its judgement on the issue.

Bromsgrove District Council (25 018 131)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 14-Apr-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council handled a planning application. This is because we are unlikely to find fault by the Council. Ms Y has also not suffered significant injustice.

Watford Borough Council (25 018 274)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 14-Apr-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s refusal to register Mr X’s complaint about a planning matter. We have not seen enough evidence of fault in the Council’s actions to justify an investigation.

Sheffield City Council (25 018 732)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 14-Apr-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about planning approvals. This is because it is late and we are unlikely to find fault.

Milton Keynes Council (25 020 854)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Building control 14-Apr-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint that the Council did not properly investigate defects at a neighbouring property, which he says caused damage to his home. This is because further investigation is unlikely to find evidence of fault by the Council.

London Borough of Bromley (25 021 172)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 14-Apr-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about how the Council dealt with his planning applications. This is because Mr X used his right of appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. We are unlikely to find fault in how the Council handled Mr X’s objections to his neighbour’s planning application.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council (25 021 308)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 14-Apr-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about a planning application because there is a right of appeal to Planning Inspector.

North West Leicestershire District Council (25 013 257)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 13-Apr-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with a report of a breach of planning control. This is because the complaint is late and there is not enough evidence of fault to justify investigating.

Hastings Borough Council (25 018 209)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 13-Apr-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about how the Council dealt with a planning application. This is because there is not enough evidence of fault to justify an investigation by the Ombudsman.