Priporočilo: The Ombudsman considered a complaint in which the complainant criticised the City Municipality of Ljubljana (MOL) for not deciding on his applications in connection with entry into specific procedures for issuing permits for temporary excessive noise pollution and also his proposal for the renewal of a certain procedure. The accusations turned out to be well-founded. The Ombudsman identified the MOL's actions as an unjustified delay in the process, since it took more than two years and eight months to decide on the proposal for a renewal of the process, and it did not explain or justify its actions in any way. At the same time, the MOL did not decide on any of the complainant's applications for entry into the proceedings, thus violating the complainant's right to a legal remedy and legal protection, calling into question the realisation of the principle of the rule of law and potentially jeopardising the complainant's right to a healthy living environment. The MOL did not accept the Ombudsman's (re)proposal to invite persons whose legal interests could be affected to participate in the procedures for issuing such permits, in accordance with the stipulation of Article 44 of the ZUP, and consistently ensure that all those whose rights or legal benefits the issued permit could affect are involved in the procedure. As a result, the Ombudsman informed the Administrative Inspection of the findings.

Priporočilo: An complainant turned to the Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia (Ombudsman) regarding her inability to build on her property, designated for residential development. Namely, construction has been rendered impossible for many years due to a lack of communal infrastructure. In this regard, the Ombudsman turned to the Municipality of Beltinci (Municipality) and found a violation of the principle of sound administration in its conduct. The Municipality failed to explain the standstill lasting more than five years in conducting the contractual reparcelling proceedings of the relevant property. The Ombudsman then referred a suggestion for subsequent procedures to the Municipality, which the Municipality partially adopted but, based on their response, not yet realised.