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Decision report 201002040

  • Case ref:
    201002040
  • Date:
    February 2012
  • Body:
    Fife Council
  • Sector:
    Local Government
  • Outcome:
    Upheld, recommendations
  • Subject:
    policy/administration

Summary
Mr and Mrs C complained about an alleged breach of planning condition in relation to the screening of a landfill site and that they have been left with an open view of the site.

During the investigation we found that a condition attached to the planning consent required screening of the landfill site to be provided at all times.

We found that the council had investigated the matter but had decided, given the work carried out to address the issue of screening, that no further enforcement action would be taken. Although this was a discretionary decision for the council to take, we were concerned that the required screening had been absent for a number of years which amounted to a service failure.

Recommendations
We recommended that the council:
• apologise for the failure to provide screening of the landfill site; and
• consider whether there are any actions they could reasonably take to improve the current situation.

 

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