Mrs J Reeve to Jerry White, LGO, Coventry Office, 21st June 2008

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Dear Mr White, 

I have not just been let down once, but twice by the Ombudsman.

Any objection or further letters to the Ombudsman have been ignored. How can this possibly be fair and unbiased?  How can the same ombudsman judge complicated planning affairs and education problems from Coventry without any  proper investigations? 

My first objection was to South Norfolk Planners about being overlooked if a planning application was approved. No one came to see and no one listened. The ombudsman made his decision from the false information given to him by the planners. I asked the Ombudsman to investigate and to use planning experts. He did neither. My investigation shows that  

1)                  The unprofessional manner in which the planning application was dealt with, whereby incorrect information was fed to the committee by a professional officer.

2)                  This unprofessional conduct was further evidenced by the fact that my valid written objections were ignored and not adequately considered by the committee.

3)                  The ombudsman was also misled on the incorrect factual situation because no one at South Norfolk District Council checked the facts because no one carried out a site visit.

4)                  The Council failed to spot inaccuracies in the plans submitted. 

I am still 'upset about the overlooking' and have been caused great stress in trying to bring this problem out into the open. 

The second time the Ombudsman has failed to look into an injustice is my being judged by a kangaroo court by a school panel using Norfolk County Council's 'School's Complaints Procedures'. The procedures used for me did not allow for natural justice.

My MP, Charles Clarke saw me at a recent surgery. After meeting me, seeing my references and the statement containing lies and a serious allegation he wrote to Norfolk County Council asking that I should have a fair hearing. The reply he received was dismissive and incorrect.

I would like a fair hearing as I do wish to 'clear my name' and continue to be able to teach for Norfolk County Council should I so wish. This problem again is being hushed up and had the ombudsman been fair, this too could have been resolved years ago. 

Both cases have been dealt with by those who have had no clear understanding of the details and have used inaccurate and false information. 

Yours sincerely 

Mrs Jane Reeve

 

Cc                   Steve Downes          Eastern Daily Press

 

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