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Investigation Report 200500245

  • Report no:
    200500245
  • Date:
    October 2006
  • Body:
    Cairngorms National Park Authority
  • Sector:
    Local Government

Overview

The complainant (Mr C) raised concerns that the Cairngorms National Park Authority (the Authority) failed to treat his planning application in a fair and consistent manner, in that it called in his application but had not called in a similar one; that the time taken to decide the application was excessive; and that the Authority failed to decide the application at the site visit after saying they would.

Specific complaints and conclusions

The complaints which have been investigated are:

  • (a)  failure to treat Mr C's application in a fair and consistent manner compared to another (not upheld); and
  • (b)  the time taken to determine the application was excessive and the Authority failed to make a decision at a site visit after saying they would (not upheld).

Redress and recommendations

The Ombudsman has no recommendations to make.

Updated: December 11, 2018