Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (24 008 812)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 28-Oct-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s failure to remove historic restrictive covenants affecting the complainant’s property. We cannot require the Council to speed up this matter and therefore cannot achieve the outcome the complainant is seeking.

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (24 011 888)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 21-Oct-2024

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

Epping Forest District Council (24 008 522)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 15-Oct-2024

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the handling of his planning application. This is because the injustice he claims stems from the decision to refuse his application and we cannot decide if this was correct. If Mr X had felt the decision was wrong it would have been reasonable for him to appeal to the Planning Inspector.

City of Wolverhampton Council (24 006 637)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 14-Oct-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council issuing a certificate of lawfulness for the proposed change of use of a property in the complainant’s local area. There is not enough evidence of fault by the Council, and we cannot achieve the outcome the complainant is seeking.

Swindon Borough Council (24 010 434)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 09-Oct-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council has dealt with a planning application. This is because the complainant has not suffered any significant personal injustice as a result of the alleged fault.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (24 007 853)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 09-Oct-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council refusing to add alleged risks, associated with a site allocation in the draft Local Plan, to its corporate risk register. There is not enough evidence that fault by the Council has caused the complainant a significant personal injustice, and there is another body better placed to consider concerns about the content of the Local Plan.

Cheshire East Council (24 010 729)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 04-Oct-2024

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaints about advice the Council gave him in 2005 and about its charging of a fee for his planning application in the same year. This is because the complaints are late and there are no good reasons to exercise our discretion to investigate them.

Derby City Council (24 007 367)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 01-Oct-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about planning permission because there is no evidence of fault causing injustice. The complaint also affects all or most of the population of the area and so is out of jurisdiction.

South Cambridgeshire District Council (24 010 338)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 01-Oct-2024

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s release of incomplete planning documents. This is because it would be reasonable for Mr X to pursue his complaint with the Information Commissioner.

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (24 002 069)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 22-Sep-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s response to the complainant’s enquiries. There is not enough evidence of fault in the way the Council responded to the planning enquiries. We do not consider the injustice caused by Officer’s comments is so significant that it warrants an investigation and we cannot achieve the outcome the complainant is seeking.