party wall notice!!! this cant be happening

keystone

planning_officer wrote: »

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but the advice re. contacting the ombudsman above is wrong. You must do it yourself, not through an MP! Firstly though, you must formally complain to the Council, otherwise the ombudsman will not look at your complaint - once you get a written response from the council, then if you're not satisfied, contact the ombudsman (yourself - an MP won't do it for you!).

Thanks and sorry to contradict you but thats totally the opposite of what the planning portal says. See HERE.

Cheers

spmc

keystone wrote: »

Thanks and sorry to contradict you but thats totally the opposite of what the planning portal says. See HERE.

Cheers

I think you are confusing getting an Ombudsman involved after a planning appeal decision (this decision is not made by the local planning authority but by an independednt planning inspector or Secretary of State). I think it says an MP needs to contact the ombudsman following a planning appeal.

If you were convinced that the local planning authority had acted improperly I think you could go for a judicial review within 6 months of a decision - these are very expensive to pursue and nothing in this thread indicates that the planning authority has acted improperly.

keystone

Ah yes - see what you mean - my bad. Sorry!

Cheers

planning_officer

keystone wrote: »

Thanks and sorry to contradict you but thats totally the opposite of what the planning portal says. See HERE.

Cheers

The Planning Portal says:
"If you have a complaint about the way the local planning authority (LPA) dealt with your planning application, you can, in some cases, ask the Local Government Ombudsman to investigate."

Sounds pretty similar to what I wrote! lol As the above post says, the other advice only relates to appeal decisions (that's the Planning Inspectorate, not the LPA).