Waverley Borough Council (24 007 894)

Statement Upheld Planning applications 07-Sep-2025

Summary: Mr X complained the Council failed to pursue enforcement action over a planning condition requiring a former local pub to be refurbished. He also complained the Council refused a local community group’s request to buy the pub using a compulsory purchase order, and the Council’s listing of the pub as an asset of community value failed to include all its garden. We found there was some fault in the Council’s first consideration of the request to use its compulsory purchase powers. However, this did not result in significant remaining injustice. The remainder of Mr X’s complaint is late, and we did not investigate it.

Waverley Borough Council (24 020 822)

Statement Upheld Council tax 14-May-2025

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about a council tax error. This is because the Council has provided a satisfactory response and there is not enough remaining injustice to require an investigation.