East Devon District Council (25 012 389)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 10-Mar-2026

Summary: We cannot investigate Mr X’s complaint about the housing need assessment used for the Council’s Local Plan. The matter affects all or most of the people in the Council’s area, meaning we do not have the power to investigate this complaint.

Mid Suffolk District Council (24 010 560)

Statement Not upheld Enforcement 10-Mar-2026

Summary: There was no fault in the way the Council carried out a planning enforcement investigation, and it was entitled to decide not to take any action. We have not investigated any of the previous planning enforcement investigations the Council carried out on the same site, because they fall outside the time period set out in our jurisdiction. We have therefore completed our investigation.

London Borough of Brent (25 015 147)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Building control 10-Mar-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council handled a building regularisation application for a House in Multiple Occupation. This is because we are unlikely to find fault by the Council.

East Hampshire District Council (25 016 053)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 10-Mar-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s use of funds from a trust on its own land. We do not consider Ms X has suffered a significant personal injustice which warrants our involvement.

Surrey Heath Borough Council (25 016 215)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 10-Mar-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about planning enforcement. There is insufficient evidence of fault to justify an investigation.

Somerset Council (25 016 393)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 10-Mar-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s delay in taking enforcement action against a breach of planning control at a site in the area where Mr X lives. We have not seen enough evidence of fault by the Council. Also, we do not consider Mr X has suffered significant personal injustice because of the Council’s decision to accept a planning application for the site, the actions of a Council contractor or failures in the Council’s complaint handling. Finally, we consider it reasonable to expect Mr X to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Officer if he believes the Council is withholding information.

Middlesbrough Borough Council (25 016 587)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning advice 10-Mar-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about planning advice. This is because there is not enough evidence of fault to justify an investigation.

North Northamptonshire Council (25 014 877)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 09-Mar-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about the Council’s planning process for a development in her area, nor how it dealt with her complaint. There is insufficient significant personal injustice to Mrs X stemming from the matters complained of to warrant us investigating. We do not investigate councils’ complaint handling where we are not investigating the core issues giving rise to the complaint. We also cannot achieve the outcome she seeks.

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (25 015 656)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 09-Mar-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about a telegraph pole. The complaint is late without good enough reason for us to investigate it now.

Milton Keynes Council (25 016 757)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 09-Mar-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with an application for a lawful development certificate. This is because Mrs X has the right to appeal to the Planning Inspector. Mrs X has also not suffered significant injustice.