Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (25 025 186)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 04-Aug-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council not sending him a notification letter for a commercial development next to his property, and how it dealt with his complaint. There is insufficient significant personal injustice from the notification letter issue to justify an investigation. It is unlikely we would find Council fault in the planning process which would have led to a different outcome. We do not investigate councils’ complaint handling where we are not investigating the core issues giving rise to the complaint.

East Cambridgeshire District Council (25 026 141)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 04-Aug-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the way the Council considered a planning application because there is insufficient evidence of fault by the Council causing injustice.

Durham County Council (26 012 531)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 04-Aug-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint that a Council officer inappropriately contacted X about information submitted during judicial review proceedings. This is because the issue raised has not caused X a significant enough injustice to warrant our further involvement.

Erewash Borough Council (25 023 557)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 03-Aug-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X complaint about the way the Council considered a planning application. We have not seen enough evidence of fault in the Council’s actions. Also, we cannot achieve the outcome Mr X is seeking.

Blackburn with Darwen Council (25 025 205)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 03-Aug-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s decision to grant a Certificate of Lawful Development because the complaint is late and there is no good reason to exercise discretion to investigate it now.

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (25 029 715)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 03-Aug-2026

Summary: We cannot investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s refusal of his planning application for a dropped kerb. Mr X has appealed to the Planning Inspectorate, so we do not have the power to consider the complaint.

Ashfield District Council (25 025 051)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 02-Aug-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the handling of a planning application because there is insufficient evidence of fault in the Council’s actions to justify our involvement.

Westmorland and Furness Council (25 025 222)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 02-Aug-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the way the Council considered his neighbour’s planning application. We have not seen enough evidence of fault in the Council’s actions to justify an investigation.

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (25 028 063)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 02-Aug-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.

Uttlesford District Council (25 016 896)

Statement Upheld Planning applications 30-Jul-2026

Summary: Mr X complained the Council was at fault for failing to properly consider the impact of a development neighbouring his property when it approved changes to an existing planning permission. He said this caused distress and frustration and reduced his confidence in the planning process. We found fault because the Council repeated an error identified in an earlier Ombudsman investigation concerning the same development. The Council agreed to apologise to Mr X and make a symbolic payment.