FURIOUS residents stung a council into ordering a detailed dossier on the bedding giant Silentnight.

The move came after Pendle councillors learned that residents in Barnoldswick had called in the Ombudsman to investigate alleged maladministration in the planning department.

People from Victoria Road made the complaint because the council failed to enforce planning conditions on developments at Moss Shed.

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