North Yorkshire Council (26 009 587)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 14-Jul-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council handled his planning application. Mr X has an alternative remedy available to him via appeal to the Planning Inspectorate, and it is reasonable to expect him to use it.

Buckinghamshire Council (25 023 046)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 13-Jul-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about the way the Council included properties on its non-designated heritage asset list. We have not seen enough evidence of fault in the Council’s actions. Also, we do not consider Mrs X has suffered a significant personal injustice that warrants an investigation.

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council (25 022 448)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 12-Jul-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint that the Council acted with fault when it granted outline planning permission in 2017. There is nothing meaningful we could achieve by investigating now.

London Borough of Hackney (25 023 502)

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

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s decision to grant planning permission for a two-storey extension to a house behind the complainant’s home. Planning permission for the extension was granted by the Planning Inspector. The law says we cannot investigate complaints about the Planning Inspector.

Bedford Borough Council (25 024 338)

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

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the way the Council considered a planning application for a site near Mr X’s home. We have not seen enough evidence of fault in the Council’s actions to justify an investigation.

South Gloucestershire Council (25 022 409)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 08-Jul-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 the Council is at fault to justify an investigation.

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (25 024 159)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 08-Jul-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the way the Council considered a planning application. We have not seen enough evidence of fault to justify an investigation.

London Borough of Barnet (25 023 940)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 07-Jul-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s failure to take further enforcement action against building work at his neighbour’s property. Part of the complaint is late, and we have seen no good reasons why Mr X could not have complained to us much sooner. For the part that is not late, we cannot achieve the outcome Mr X is seeking.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council (25 023 416)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 06-Jul-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the way the Council dealt with a planning application. We have not seen enough evidence of fault in the Council’s actions. And we cannot require the Council to refund the planning application fee.

Dorset Council (25 024 644)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 05-Jul-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about the time taken by the Council to decide a planning application by a neighbour. The application was to make permanent a use that had existed for some years. There is not enough evidence of injustice to Mrs X to warrant investigation by us.