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Council applies for High Court order after planning permission granted in error
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Council applies for judicial review of hospital extension planning approval after decision taken under delegated powers, not by committee
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Council appoints barristers ahead of landfill odours legal action
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Council appoints former director of governance and monitoring officer as permanent chief executive
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Council approach to terminating chief executive lawful but lessons can be learnt, report finds
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Council asks police to withdraw co-operation from TV series which 'damages town's reputation'
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Council asks postal voters to re-register after cyber attack
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Council assembles task force in bid to bring legal action against asylum hotels
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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 at fault for not properly consulting autistic man about who to involve in his care review and for not completing review in “person-centred” way: Ombudsman
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Council at fault in consideration of best interests of elderly woman, Ombudsman finds
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Council awaiting High Court judgment after brewery brings chapel demolition judicial review challenge
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Council awarded £1.3m in damages over leaking school roof
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Council awarded £20,000 in costs after locum solicitor loses “vexatious” employment claim
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Council awarded indemnity costs after High Court waste dispute win
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Council awards £2m contract to law firm for legal services on major estate regeneration
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Council awards £315k case management contract
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Council backtracks on planning refusal at planning inquiry over five year housing land supply
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Council bans ice cream van from street following chime complaints
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Council bans Tiktok on devices
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