R v Local Commissioner for Administration in North and North East England ex p Liverpool CC
R v Local Commissioner for Administration in North and North East England ex p Liverpool CC
- 2000
- Property, Planning and Compensation Reports 79 P&CR 473-484(12) .
QBD 16 February 1999. Town and country planning-Planning permission for extensin to stand at football ground-Councillors belonging to football club not declaring an interest. Councillors voting according to party whip-Local residents complain to ombudsman-Breaches of National Code of Local Government Conduct giving rise to finding of maladministration-Whether "real danger of "bias" test should have been applied instead of "reasonable suspicion" test. Whether use of party whip led to maladminsitration. Exercise of ombudsman's powers to investigage. Headnote from jounral article.
R V LOCAL ADMINSITRATION COMMISSIONER EX P LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL
PLANNING PERMISSION
FOOTBALL GROUNDS
QBD 16 February 1999. Town and country planning-Planning permission for extensin to stand at football ground-Councillors belonging to football club not declaring an interest. Councillors voting according to party whip-Local residents complain to ombudsman-Breaches of National Code of Local Government Conduct giving rise to finding of maladministration-Whether "real danger of "bias" test should have been applied instead of "reasonable suspicion" test. Whether use of party whip led to maladminsitration. Exercise of ombudsman's powers to investigage. Headnote from jounral article.
R V LOCAL ADMINSITRATION COMMISSIONER EX P LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL
PLANNING PERMISSION
FOOTBALL GROUNDS