ON THIS PAGE . CROYDON COUNCIL APOLOGISE . .a
an even rarer document found in CROYDONIA . . .
an even rarer document found in CROYDONIA . . .
Amazing Discovery in Croydon. . . . . very rare apology letter . . . appears genuine . .authenticated to be by The Master, Ceo Davido . . ..
Mr Colin Cole
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Mr David Wechsler
CEO Croydon Council
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Mr David Wechsler
CEO Croydon Council
Dear David
Thank you for your letter of the 27 October. I’m sure you will not be surprised to know that I am delighted with it and you will not mind its full publication on http://www.croydoncouncil.info/page29.html .So pleased in fact I framed it as you can see.
I am particularly pleased that you have assured me that my “questions will not be left unanswered”, and that you “have asked the planning officers to ensure I get a response.”
I’ll be quite content to sit back and see what your planners come up with. . . and I am sure it will not include such banal statements previously made by Phillip Goodwin Director of Planning . . . “don’t worry about your floors the ceilings will probably fall down first” . . . or the equally banal references to his “knowledgeable officers”. . .
I think we’ve put that description to bed don’t you?
I think we’ve put that description to bed don’t you?
Talking of ceilings falling down . . . I’ll take this opportunity to remind you that the soundproofing in the shop was erected with no reference to The Party Wall Act 1996 . . quite UNLAWFULLY . . . it was erected irresponsibly . . . in exactly the same way as the flue was erected irresponsibly . . and by the connivance of the same “knowledgeable officers” no doubt. (yes I know it’s not an enforceable matter in the same way as the flue was. . . . but it doesn’t have to be condoned does it? . . . as Phillip’s “knowledgeable officers” have done.)
If they were so sure of their technical prowess they could enter into proper and reasonable debate about the matter and not go on ignoring it by arrogantly brushing it aside as they have done up to now. MY ADVICE from one of the Country’s leading experts is that it is a DISASTER waiting to happen as I have shown with much proper research and at great length.
It should also be noted that the proprietor remains uncooperative and irresponsible. And worse than that the new owners Nathan and Ruth Teitelbaum of Fineland Properties Ltd have acted equally irresponsibly, canceling our current and paid up insurance without our knowledge and with no replacement. AND REFUSE TO CORRESPOND ON THE MATTER. They also thought they could CONSPIRE with their Solicitor, Daniel J “if you think LBC are getting the excrement do a search on him ” Ginsbury of Solicitors Ingram, Winter “until they deny it” Green, TO LIE AND DECEIVE their way out of their obligations . . . .
BIG MISTAKE.
You want a laugh . . do a Google search on . . . IWG Solicitors . . . I get the whole page . . so there is no excuse for Phillip Goodwin’s “knowledgeable officers” not knowing the circumstances.
Since you have proposed some progress it would be churlish to remind you that the apologies I have received have been only for the DELAY in putting SOME OF the matters to rights. Not for causing them in the first place.
So I won’t.
I doubt that the replies I will get from your planners will include the circumstances of those fiascoes . . . . so I’ll leave that aside too for the time being.
Besides as you may be aware: even higher in the rankings now than your own spoof site www.croydoncouncil.info (though you do get far and away the most hits) . . . we find that on many searches www.metpolicecroydon.co.uk has replaced Croydon Constabulary’s own sites at the top . . . that’s gotta hurt . . . the problem is I do not intend to dismantle them until first I get a similar apology to your own . . . . . . from The Borough Commander . . . and a promise . . . . . (in fact more than just a promise - I’ve seen their promise before) as you have done to look into all these matters . . . (now to include this nefarious business of the shysters from over the water.)
So if someone did “TAKE A BUNG” at Croydon Planning (and right now it’s still the most logical explanation) . . we can find out that way perhaps?
Once again thank you for the apology.
Yours Colin
Have I Got News For Croydon
READ the RARE CASE of MALADMINISTRATION. More Dirty tricks by The Local Government Ombudsman. LGO
No wonder Croydon Council were not concerned about being investigated. Click here.
No wonder Croydon Council were not concerned about being investigated. Click here.
£200,000 payout for couple blighted by bypass
Matt Weaver
Wednesday October 12, 2005
Matt Weaver
Wednesday October 12, 2005
An elderly Norfolk couple who lost their home and business over a plan to build a bypass 12ft from their property have won record compensation payout in a case involving council maladministration.
Maurice and Audrey Balchin's lives were ruined in 1986 when their bank called in the loans on their newly built property, Swans Harbour, on the Norfolk broads, because of the proposed bypass. Norfolk county council refused to pay compensation because their land was not needed for the project. It told the couple that they could put in a claim when the road was built, but they denied this chance because the scheme did not go ahead.
The Balchins lost their £435,000 home, their business and their savings. They also both suffered ill health as a result of the stress of the case. Today, in a unique collaboration between local government ombudsman Jerry White and parliament ombudsman Ann Abraham, the couple have been awarded £200,000 compensation. Half the amount will be paid by Norfolk council in line with Mr White's recommendation. Ms Abraham has ordered the Department of Transport to pay the other £100,000.
For the first time in the 20-year saga, Norfolk council apologised to the couple today and said it would pay the compensation.
The Department of Transport, which was criticised by Ms Abraham for failing to give clear guidance to the council purchasing powers, also apologised. In a statement it said: "The department has accepted in full the findings of the parliamentary ombudsman and have written to Mr and Mrs Balchin to apologise. As recommended by the ombudsman we have agreed to pay £100,000 in compensation." Mr Balchin welcomed the decision of both ombudsmen. "It's been 20 years, but I'm very glad that we have won, not only for ourselves but for everyone who could find themselves in this predicament," they said. "It's a victory for the little man."
Ms Abraham's report into the matter said today: "I consider that the department should have given clearer guidance to the council about their new power to purchase properties which would be badly affected but not technically blighted by the proposed new road." Mr White said: "I conclude that the council could not reasonably have refused to buy Swans Harbour had the matter been considered properly - as it should have been - in October 1992."
David Wechsler’s apology after 2 YEARS is by no means any sort of record though
from http://society.guardian.co.uk/localgovt/news/0,8368,1589829,00.html
from http://society.guardian.co.uk/localgovt/news/0,8368,1589829,00.html
Before we get too excited about The Local Government Ombudsman Jerry White’s and Parliamentary Ombudsman Ann Abraham’s belated collaboration . . from my own Corrupt Council and LGO Links elsewhere in this site . . . If you follow the link half way down the page we find
“The plight of the couple, who now live in Fressingfield, Suffolk, has TWICE been considered by the Parliamentary Ombudsman. TWICE his decisions acquitting the Department of Transport of any maladministration have been overturned by the High Court. But In a third ruling last September, the Ombudsman held there had been maladministration by Government officials. The ruling found government officers had not informed Norfolk County Council of its powers to buy the house, or compensate the couple.”
20 YEARS . . . . THIS is the level of persistence you need. . . . . to get these people to do their jobs properly. This is the level of resistance these people are prepared to expend in time and costs (your costs) to resist doing the right thing, rather than have to apologise. . . . . the Ombudsman Systems are CLEARLY EQUALLY AT FAULT.
Mr Justice Moses, who said the Balchins could seek a judicial review, said it was "strongly arguable" that the Ombudsman had made yet another mistake. He called the case "quite incredible", adding that the council seemed to have been "hell-bent from the start on not paying compensation". It gave "bogus" reasons, including that to pay compensation would set a damaging precedent, and showed a "gross misunderstanding" of its powers, said the judge. Central and local government officials had shown "woeful ignorance" of the law and had not bothered to ascertain what the law was, he added.
ALL this . . yet The Ombudsman was not able to find in their favour for 20 YEARS . . . DISGRACEFUL . . . The sooner we are rid of them the better.
Colin Cole
OR PUT ANOTHER WAY . . From Gary Powell’s http://www.ombudsmanwatch.org/balchins.html
The LGO and PHSOs had vested interests in upholding this complaint
at the present time because of how this finding would support arguments for the proposed RRO, and because the LGO needed a high-profile case in the media where he was seen (untypically) to support a complainant against the injustices of a council. The Balchins obtained their justice at this time from LGO and PHSO political expediency, as well as because of the Balchins’ and their MP’s tenacity. It is excellent that Mr and Mrs Balchin are now being granted some justice after their long fight, but deplorable that the Ombudsmen had self-serving and manipulative motives in making this long-awaited award, rather than having an interest in the public good.
The LGO’s and PHSO’s news release would have us believe that they have saved the day for the Balchins. The news release does not mention the quotation from a 2002 Telegraph article condemning the LGO's responsibility for the Balchins' misery:
"The treatment that Maurice and Audrey Balchin received over the years from Norfolk county
council, the Department of Transport and the local government ombudsman has been branded "a
disgrace" by a High Court judge." This case, contrary to what the Ombudsmen state, is not in fact unusual. Hundreds, if not thousands of people across the country have suffered, and continue to suffer, similar injustice to Mr & Mrs Balchin.
What is unusual about this case, however, is that Mr & Mrs Balchin had the tenacity to keep fighting until they received the Justice they so richly deserved. Something that most people are unable to do.
HEAR HEAR . .and THAT is what they all count on . . see Croydon Council’s Dirty Tricks page
. . Colin Cole
at the present time because of how this finding would support arguments for the proposed RRO, and because the LGO needed a high-
The LGO’s and PHSO’s news release would have us believe that they have saved the day for the Balchins. The news release does not mention the quotation from a
"The treatment that Maurice and Audrey Balchin received over the years from Norfolk county
council, the Department of Transport and the local government ombudsman has been branded "a
disgrace" by a High Court judge." This case, contrary to what the Ombudsmen state, is not in fact unusual. Hundreds, if not thousands of people across the country have suffered, and continue to suffer, similar injustice to Mr & Mrs Balchin.
What is unusual about this case, however, is that Mr & Mrs Balchin had the tenacity to keep fighting until they received the Justice they so richly deserved. Something that most people are unable to do.
HEAR HEAR . .and THAT is what they all count on . . see Croydon Council’s Dirty Tricks page
. . Colin Cole
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What a load of Croydon Council ROT.
What a load of Croydon Council ROT.
And a letter has been received and my questions answered . . or have they? . . . See Next Page
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What’s your definition of a useless Councillor? Well mine is one that ignores all your complaints and letters despite knowing full well that the Council he is responsible for is in the wrong.ie Tony Newman Leader of Labour Councilors Croydon. So wrong in fact that on investigation the Council is found GUILTY and fined by the LGO for maladministration. Yet the Councillor STILL sits back and does absolutely nothing about it whatsoever rather than upset his pals at the Town Hall. . . . Doesn’t want to upset the gravy boat?
So wrong in fact that the only Councillor that will help is one from the GLA. Andrew Pelling.
There are still a host of questions to be answered and I’m not going away until they are. . . See David Wechsler welshs on his promises yet again.
So wrong in fact that the only Councillor that will help is one from the GLA. Andrew Pelling.
There are still a host of questions to be answered and I’m not going away until they are. . . See David Wechsler welshs on his promises yet again.
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