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Council agrees to quash environmental permit for incineration scheme
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Council agrees to quash permission for quarry project: report
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Council agrees to quashing of lawful development certificate for Dad’s Army railway station building
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Council agrees to quashing of planning permission for 110,000-bird poultry farm: report
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Council agrees to reconsider decision to de-register common land around historic racecourse buildings after judicial review challenge
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Council agrees to take steps to improve understanding among officers of Care Act 2014 duties
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Council agrees to train housing staff on Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and Homelessness Code of Guidance after Ombudsman investigation
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Council agrees to wholescale external review of housing service, pay out £20k after Ombudsman investigation into how child was left in pain for years
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Council allowed child protection plan to "drift without substantive action", Ombudsman finds
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Council and bus operator to pay out £109k in damages and costs to religious organisation over refusal to advertise rally
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Council and care home criticised after dispute sees son banned from visiting his mother
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Council and developer win appeal over quashing of planning permission for 210 homes
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Council and external auditors at loggerheads over lawfulness of commercial property investment spree
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Council and governing body of school win appeal over carbon monoxide exposure
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Council and guardian fail in appeal over refusal by judge of application for placement orders
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Council and Guardian win appeal over whether fact-finding hearing was unnecessary
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Council and guardian win appeals over “premature determination” in care proceedings case
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Council and ICB to pay more than £10k for SEN failures following investigation by Ombudsman
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Council and IRO criticised for three-year delay in making application for revocation of placement order
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Council and Jewish housing association defeat challenge over allocations
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