Summary: Mr X complains about the Council’s grant of planning permission for a nursery in 2016. We will not investigate this complaint because the complaint is out of time.

The complaint

1. Mr X complains about the Council’s grant of planning permission for a nursery in 2016.

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The Ombudsman’s role and powers

2. We cannot investigate late complaints unless we decide there are good reasons. Late complaints are when someone takes more than 12 months to complain to us about something a council has done. (Local Government Act 1974, sections 26B and 34D, as amended)

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How I considered this complaint

3. I considered information provided by the complainant and the Council.
4. I considered the Ombudsman’s Assessment Code.
5. The complainant had an opportunity to comment on my draft decision.

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My assessment

6. Mr X says that when the Council considered a planning application for a Certificate of Lawfulness in 2016 it should have placed conditions of operation to protect neighbouring amenity.
7. Any dissatisfaction with the Council’s decision regarding this decision could, reasonably, have been made to this office within 12 months of 2016. The complaint is therefore out of time.

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Final decision

8. I do not intend to investigate this complaint because the complaint is late.

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Investigator's decision on behalf of the Ombudsman