Planning Tag

Developer’s Criticism Of Powys Gypsy Family Site Upheld

A property developer has been awarded £500 after Powys council moved a family of Gypsies onto land without first obtaining planning consent. The Public Service Ombudsman for Wales partially upheld his complaint. The Brecon Beacons National Park Authority was also criticised for taking eight months to deal with a planning application for the site. Ombudsman [...]

Council Could Face Judicial Review Over Dalry Quarry

THE COUNCIL could be forced into a Court of Session defence action over a controversial quarrying operation. Accusations of a “serious breach of planning law” have been levelled at the authority following an in principle agreement for ten houses to be built on the former Glebe in front of Dalry Secondary School. And Dalry Housing [...]

Corruption Probe Councillor Steps Down From Planning Role

A COUNCILLOR at the centre of a planning corruption probe by police has resigned from several positions he held at the local authority. Action to Save St John’s Hospital Councillor Gordon Beurskens, (47), and his business associate Peter McMahon, (60), were charged last week with alleged offences under the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act. Both [...]

Councillors breach conduct code over planning application

A tribunal established that a Councillor’s actions could be regarded as likely to compromise the impartiality of Council Officers. Deputy Leader of the Isle of Wight Council, Patrick Joyce, was found guilty of breaching the Council’s Members Code of Conduct when making deliberation on a planning application sought by Ms Anne Bishop, who is also [...]

Council guilty of planning application maladministration

The Local Government Ombudsman found Chorley Council guilty of maladministration following breaches of planning rules whilst determining an application for planning permission in Lever Park, near Rissington. Following complaints by the Friends of Lever Park Group, the Ombudsman discovered the application for the Go Ape activity centre was the subject of six individual instances of [...]