Issue - meetings
Ombudsman - Annual Review
Meeting: 22/09/2010 - Standards Committee (this Committee has now been combined wit the Audit, Standrds and Governance Committee and no longer meets) (Item 19)
19 Ombudsman - Annual Review 
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[To provide the Committee with information regarding the Local Government Ombudsman's Annual Review of Bromsgrove District Council for the 12 month period ending 31st March 2010.]
Additional documents:
- Ombudsman Annual Review yr ended March 2010 (Appendix 1 - marked up), item 19
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- Ombudsman Annual Review - neighbouring authorities (Appendix 2 - marked up), item 19
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Minutes:
The Committee received a report on the Local Government Ombudsman’s Annual Review of Bromsgrove District Council during the 12 month period ending 31st March 2010. The Deputy Monitoring Officer (“DMO”) introduced the report and in doing so highlighted that the number of first enquiries reduced in 2009/2010 to 7 compared to 11 the previous year.
The DMO responded to Members’ questions with regard to the formal finding of maladministration in relation to a decision of the Planning Committee. The DMO informed Members that since it was necessary for the maladministration to be formally reported to full Council, all Members had been made aware of the complaint and the lessons learnt from the failings which were found to amount to maladministration. The Assistant Ombudsman and one of the Senior Investigators had delivered a training session to Members which covered the Annual Review 2008/2009 and some of the specific issues around making sound planning decisions. It was hoped that a similar session would be provided as part of the 2010/2011 Member Development Programme.
RESOLVED that the contents of the Annual Review from the Local Government Ombudsman be noted.