El Ayuntamiento supervisará la legalidad urbanística y medioambiental de una clínica de Huesca

Date of article: 08/07/2016

Daily News of: 08/07/2016

Country:  Spain - Aragon

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Article language: es

El Ayuntamiento de Huesca ha informado al Justicia de Aragón que acepta la Recomendación recientemente formulada sobre el cumplimiento de la legalidad de las obras de ampliación de una Clínica Médica en calle Pedro Sopena, 12, y comprobará que los trabajos realizados se ajustan a la legalidad urbanística y medioambiental.
La actuación del Justicia da respuesta a la queja de unos vecinos sobre posibles incumplimientos de la normativa y planeamiento urbanísticos y en relación con la supervisión municipal de las medidas correctoras exigidas al tratarse una actividad clasificada.
Las inquietudes de los vecinos se referían, entre otras, a la ocupación de zona verde y a la emisión de gases y ruidos derivados de la actividad del establecimiento.
En este sentido, Fernando García Vicente ha pedido al consistorio oscense que compruebe los hechos denunciados por los vecinos y documente dichas actuaciones en los informes pertinentes. Asimismo, ha solicitado que, antes de que comience la actividad de la Clínica, puesto que se trata de una actividad clasificada, realice la visita de inspección que acredite que las obras se han ajustado a los requerimientos técnicos derivados del tipo de actividad.
El Justicia de Aragón ha valorado de forma positiva la aceptación de la Recomendación por parte del Ayuntamiento de Huesca.

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Elisabeth Davies joins the board as Non-Executive Director

Date of article: 08/07/2016

Daily News of: 08/07/2016

Country:  United Kingdom

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Article language: en

We are delighted to welcome Elisabeth Davies to the board as a non-executive director. Elisabeth brings valuable experience to our organisation from her career in consumer engagement.

She has a deep-seated belief in developing services that are truly consumer focused and has worked across the charitable and public sectors with a particular focus on the needs of health and social care users.

She is currently Deputy Chief Executive at Arthritis Care and Chair of the Patient and Carer Network at the Royal College of Physicians. Former roles include at Carers UK, Age UK, the National Patient Safety Agency and Deputy Chair of Wandsworth Primary Care Trust.

Elisabeth is dedicated to improving access to justice and has worked across the advice giving sector where she was previously Director of Policy and Development at the Refugee Council and a Trustee of the Immigration Advisory Service. She is currently the Chair and a founding member of the Legal Services Consumer Panel.

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South Oxfordshire District Council urged to reconsider Ombudsman’s report

Date of article: 08/07/2016

Daily News of: 08/07/2016

Country:  United Kingdom - England

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Article language: en

South Oxfordshire District Council has been asked to reconsider its response to a Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) report about the historic sale of two council houses.

The LGO has issued a further report after the council did not implement one of the initial report’s recommendations.

In the original report, issued in September 2015, the council was found at fault after two homeowners complained to the LGO about the way the council handled the sale of their homes.

The homeowners both lived out of the area when they bought their ex-local authority homes some years ago. They were aware that there was a so-called Section 157 restriction on the properties but the council did not inform the solicitors of the full extent of that restriction, which was that the homes should only have been sold to people living in a specific area. The council also did not check if the homeowners were entitled to buy the properties.

 

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