Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (24 003 371)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 18-Jul-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s failure to enforce planning conditions, the terms of a section 106 agreement and a failure to keep necessary documents. We have not seen enough evidence of fault in the Council’s actions to warrant our involvement. Also, the complainant was aware the Council did not hold the document he requested a few years ago. Therefore, this part of his complaint is made too late.

Slough Borough Council (24 003 272)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 14-Jul-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s handling of various planning applications, including its refusal of Mr X’s own planning application. This is because his complaint is a late complaint and so falls outside our jurisdiction and, in relation to his own application, we cannot investigate it because he exercised his appeal rights to the Planning Inspectorate which places the matter outside our jurisdiction.

Wiltshire Council (24 003 519)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 14-Jul-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about planning enforcement as there is a right of appeal to a Planning Inspector and the injustice is not sufficient to warrant investigation.

Royal Borough of Greenwich (24 002 549)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 11-Jul-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with a breach of planning control and a retrospective planning application. This is because we are unlikely to find fault.

Torridge District Council (23 018 534)

Statement Not upheld Enforcement 11-Jul-2024

Summary: X complained about the Council’s decision not to take planning enforcement action after it found a neighbouring business was operating in breach of planning conditions. We found no fault in the way the Council made its decision.

Sevenoaks District Council (24 002 795)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 10-Jul-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s handling of a planning enforcement case. There is not enough evidence of fault by the Council.

Chorley Borough Council (24 000 572)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 09-Jul-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about planning enforcement because there is no evidence of fault by the Council.

Folkestone & Hythe District Council (24 002 991)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 08-Jul-2024

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council deciding not to ask his neighbour to submit a further planning application regarding the use of a garden outbuilding and how it explained that decision. There is not enough evidence of fault in the Council’s planning decision-making process, nor in how it explained its decision, to warrant us investigating.

Thurrock Council (24 005 236)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 03-Jul-2024

Summary: We will not investigate Mrs B’s complaint about the Council not taking action about her neighbour making changes to the boundary between their properties. This is because there is not enough evidence of fault to justify an investigation.

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (24 002 832)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Enforcement 02-Jul-2024

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council deciding not to enforce against his neighbour’s air conditioning units and not assessing the units’ noise. There is not enough evidence of fault in the Council’s decision-making process to warrant an investigation. We also cannot achieve the core outcome Mr X seeks from his complaint.