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Investigation Report 200500957

  • Report no:
    200500957
  • Date:
    March 2006
  • Body:
    Scottish Borders Council
  • Sector:
    Local Government

Scottish Borders Council - complaint was from a man (referred to in this report as Mr C) who complained that Scottish Borders Council (the Council) failed to take his objections into account and had acted unreasonably in granting his neighbour's retrospective application for planning permission for two areas of decking in his rear garden which affected Mr C's privacy.

Updated: December 11, 2018