LGO Individual Decisions

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s administration of a community infrastructure levy charge. Mr X has had rights of appeal it would be reasonable to use against the Council’s calculation, the deemed commencement date and a surcharge imposed. Any matters of alleged unlawfulness are ones only a court could determine, and it would be reasonable to seek any finding of unlawfulness by going to court.

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s handling of a planning application. This is because the Council’s actions have not caused Mr X significant enough injustice to warrant an investigation.

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about information provided in a local plan. The complaint is late and it would have been reasonable for Mr X to bring the matter to us sooner.

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint that the Council has failed to enforce a high hedge remedial notice. There is insufficient evidence of fault in the way the Council has handled the case, and an investigation is unlikely to achieve a better outcome for the complainant.

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with the complainant’s planning application. This is because the complainant has the right to appeal to the Planning Inspector.

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s refusal of a wild animal licence as it is reasonable to expect Mr X to have appealed the decision to the Magistrates’ Court.

Summary: We will not investigate Ms X’s complaint about the information the Council provided in response to a Freedom of Information request. The Information Commissioner’s Officer is better placed to consider that complaint.

Summary: We will not investigate the Council’s handling of a councillor conduct complaint as it is unlikely we will find fault in this.

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Councils handling of a complaint about his conduct. This is because there is not enough evidence of fault to justify our involvement.

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about Council tax support because the matter was appealed to a Valuation Tribunal and is out of time.

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s handling of a planning application. This is because

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s planning processes when granting permission for a development in his area. There is not enough evidence of Council fault in the notification process to warrant investigation. The matters complained of do not cause Mr X sufficient significant personal injustice to justify us investigating. We also cannot achieve the outcomes he seeks.

Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about problems she had exiting the Council’s car park on two occasions. This is because the matter has not caused Mrs X any significant personal injustice which is serious enough to warrant an investigation.

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint the Council wrongly said he was intentionally homeless. That is because it is a late complaint.

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint that the Council failed to consider the complainant’s objections to his neighbour’s planning application. The alleged faults have not affected the planning outcome, so have not caused the complainant a significant injustice.

Summary: We cannot investigate Miss X’s complaint about the Council’s issue of a planning enforcement notice. This is because Miss X has used her right of appeal to the Planning Inspectorate.

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council approving a planning application for a development near the complainant's home. There is not enough evidence to conclude that any fault has affected the planning outcome, so the complainant has not been caused a significant injustice.

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council approving a planning application for a development behind the complainant's home. There is not enough evidence to conclude that any fault has affected the planning outcome, so the complainant has not been caused a significant injustice.

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s assessment of a housing application. There is insufficient evidence of fault which would warrant an investigation.

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s calculation of business rates. We cannot investigate matters that have been considered in court.

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about alleged poor communication by the Council. This is because there is insufficient evidence of fault by the Council and insufficient evidence of injustice.

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with the complainant’s planning applications. This is because the complainants have appealed to the Planning Inspector. Parts of the complaint are also late.

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s handling of the complainant’s discharge of condition and retrospective planning applications. This is because the complaint does not meet the tests in our Assessment Code on how we decide which complaints to investigate. It is reasonable to expect the complainant to have appealed to the Planning Inspectorate against any delays in determining his applications, and he has already appealed against the imposition of Community Infrastructure Levy surcharges.

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with the Complainant’s planning application. This is because the complainant had the right to appeal to the Planning Inspector.

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s handling of planning matters in relation to a property Mr X bought. This because we are unlikely to find evidence of fault by the Council.