Bolton Council ‘acted unlawfully’ keeping £100,000s that should have been refunded

Council leader Cllr Nick Peel and chief executive Sue Johnson revealed that the authority has  wrongly been keeping fees paid to the planning department that should have been refunded for around 10 years.

Cllr Peel said that he was made aware of this in May this year after becoming leader of the council after it was raised by a member of the public and that he has ordered a review to take place.

He said: “We do not want to…