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Investigation Report 200703193

  • Report no:
    200703193
  • Date:
    July 2009
  • Body:
    Dumfries and Galloway Council
  • Sector:
    Local Government

Overview
The complainant is a planning consultant.  His complaint to the Ombudsman concerned the handling by a committee (the Area Committee) of Dumfries and Galloway Council (the Council) of his clients' application (the Application) for planning consent for a dwelling house in a rural area.

Specific complaint and conclusion
The complaint which has been investigated is that there were shortcomings in the consideration of the Application by the Council's Area Committee (not upheld).

Redress and recommendations
The Ombudsman has no recommendations to make.

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Updated: December 11, 2018