www.northdevonlink.co.uk/council-lies.htm
The North Devon District Council supplied misleading information to the Ombudsman regarding a complaint about a planning decision adversely affecting a sheltered retirement bungalow estate at Hares Green, South Molton. The Ombudsman accepted the Council’s information as accurate and totally disregarded my comments.
A complaint was made through the Council’s complaint procedure regarding six points where the Council misled the Ombudsman. The complaint procedure was closed without referring to or dealing with a single point raised in the complaint – the Council then refused to communicate further. This action initiated the cover up.
From this point the term “council lies” replaces “misleading information”. Note that the complaint is now about the lying and the cover up by the Council and not about the Ombudsman’s planning decision. The definition of a lie within the context of this complaint is “an untruthful statement made to someone else with the intention to deceive”. Source- the Wikipedia free online encyclopaedia.)
Further investigation revealed more lies from the Council’s planning department. These lies together with the six points noted above are detailed on the North Devon Link website together with, in each case, supporting evidence of lying using the Council’s own documentation.
There followed a series of attempts to force the Council to deal with the lies and the covering up of those lies culminating with a complaint to the Local Government Ombudsman about lies told to the Leader of the Council’s Executive by their Monitoring Officer. The Ombudsman, Jerry White, would not accept this as a new complaint saying the original planning complaint had dealt with the lies and cover up which is not true as the evidence clearly shows. White also condoned lies told by his investigator and lied to Nick Harvey MP. The matter now rests with Tony Redmond the Chairman of the Commission for Local Administration in England. Redmond’s initial response showed little understanding of the complaint and no inclination to deal with the dishonesty although all the documentary proof he needs has been provided.
The campaign continues…..
