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Council and police ordered to pay £52k to claimant over housing of sex offender
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Council appeal succeeds after Upper Tribunal finds landlord questioned during First Tier Tribunal hearing was wrong person
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Council applies for High Court order after planning permission granted in error
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Council at fault for handling of homelessness application and causing resident to miss out on suitable permanent accommodation two years later
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Council calls for planning reforms over “incredibly frustrating” five-year housing land requirements
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Council can consider application to register land as village green after Planning Court rejects claims of “trigger event”
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Council chooses to halt 4000-home development rather than fight judicial review
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Council claims to be in “an impossible situation” after planning inspector response to draft Local Plan
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Council complains about housing targets after barrister advises against ignoring standard methodology
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Council concern at impact of High Court ruling quashing housing mix policy
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Council confirms paying £1.8m+ on agreements with leaseholders containing confidentiality clauses
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Council contests claim by "overcharged" tenant in water rates dispute
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Council criticised after heavily pregnant woman left to ‘sofa surf’
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Council criticised for placing homeless woman in ‘squalid’ accommodation
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Council criticised over failure to support homeless teenager
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Council criticises ministry over movement of remand hearings to nearby authority
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Council criticises Planning Inspectorate call to withdraw local plan over duty to cooperate and standard method concerns
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Council cyber-attack cost estimated at more than £10 million
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Council decision to keep asylum seekers who were putative children in hotel accommodation was unlawful, High Court rules
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