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TRIBUNAL
CCW-EV-0542 · Adjudication Panel for Wales

APW — Former Cllr Caryl Vaughan (2022)

Adjudication Panel for Wales Published 2022 Type: Tribunal decision

The tribunal considered whether a criminal offence and the surrounding publicity while she held office brought the council into disrepute. The papers also record concerns about delayed or deficient reporting and advice from the community-council clerk about whether and how the matter should be referred.

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PSOW
DECISION
CCW-EV-0512 · Public Services Ombudsman for Wales

PSOW — Complaint Wrongly Excluded from Statutory Process (2024)

Public Services Ombudsman for Wales Published 2024 Type: Decision notice

The council treated all of a planning applicant's complaint as outside the statutory complaints procedure on the grounds that the refusal was appealable. The Ombudsman found this was wrong — appealability does not nullify all service complaints. Early resolution: apology and Stage 2 response required.

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PSOW
DECISION
CCW-EV-0511 · Public Services Ombudsman for Wales

PSOW — Incorrect Listed-Building Advice and Failed Property Sale (2024)

Public Services Ombudsman for Wales Published 2024 Type: Decision notice

A planning officer told owners that listed building consent was not required. Later enforcement action and disclosure of the investigation to parties in a property sale allegedly contributed to the sale falling through. The council's own Stage 2 investigation had already upheld failure to provide appropriate guidance. Ombudsman…

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PSOW
DECISION
CCW-EV-0510 · Public Services Ombudsman for Wales

PSOW — Planning Enforcement Delay (2021)

Public Services Ombudsman for Wales Published 2021 Type: Decision notice

A complainant said the council failed to undertake a timely assessment of an alleged planning breach and take enforcement action. Early resolution: the council apologised for delay.

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AW
REGULATOR
· Audit Wales

Audit Wales — Planning Services Review

Audit Wales Published 2021 Type: Regulator report

Audit Wales planning-service review documenting significant longstanding weaknesses in planning committee governance, unusually high rates of decisions contrary to officer advice, enforcement concerns, vacancy pressures, and transparency weaknesses. This is one of the core source records for the Planning Watch section.

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REGULATOR
· Audit Wales

Audit Wales — Planning Service Follow-up Review

Audit Wales Published 2023 Type: Regulator follow-up review

Follow-up review assessing progress after the 2021 planning-service recommendations. It records reform activity while also identifying remaining concerns around transparency, enforcement, call-in arrangements, site inspection panels, specialist support, and the cooling-off process.

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