Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (25 014 092)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 17-Feb-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about the Council’s planning enforcement and planning application processes, and how it dealt with her complaint. Mrs X has appealed to the Planning Inspectorate against the Council’s enforcement notice and refusal of her planning application and we cannot investigate by law where someone has used those appeal rights. We do not investigate councils’ complaint handling where we are not investigating the core issues which gave rise to the complaint.

London Borough of Redbridge (25 014 905)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 17-Feb-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about delays to a planning application decision. This is because the complainant had a right of appeal which we consider it reasonable for him to have used.

Cheltenham Borough Council (25 013 557)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 17-Feb-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the granting of planning permission for a 5G mast. Mr X has not claimed a significant personal injustice.

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (25 016 859)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 17-Feb-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the way the Council considered a planning application. This is because Mrs Y has not suffered significant injustice to warrant an investigation.

Mansfield District Council (25 014 589)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 16-Feb-2026

Summary: We cannot investigate Mr X’s complaint about refusal of his planning application. Mr X has appealed to the Planning Inspector placing this complaint outside our jurisdiction.

Brighton & Hove City Council (25 016 380)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 16-Feb-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with a planning application for a neighbouring extension. This is because part of the complaint is late and there are insufficient grounds to investigate it now and there is not enough evidence of fault in the more recent aspect of the complaint to justify an investigation.

Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (25 005 728)

Statement Not upheld Planning applications 13-Feb-2026

Summary: Mr X complained about the Council’s handling of his concerns regarding a development near his home which included the impact on private rights, common land, and planning decisions. He said as a result he and the public’s interests had been impacted and harmed. We found no fault in the processes the Council had followed to reach its views on the development or concerns raised by Mr X. It therefore reached decisions it was entitled to make. Mr X has the right to dispute the Council’s interpretation of the law and his private rights in a court.

Portsmouth City Council (25 014 296)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 11-Feb-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s conduct in granting planning permission for a development. The complaint is late and there is no good reason to exercise discretion to investigate this matter now. Even if the complaint were not late, there would not be enough evidence of fault by the Council to warrant investigation by us.

Devon County Council (25 013 042)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 11-Feb-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 of fault by the Council affecting its decision and we cannot achieve the outcome Mr X wants.

Hyndburn Borough Council (25 017 942)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 11-Feb-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with a planning application. This is because the complainant has not suffered significant injustice.