Winchester City Council (21 017 895)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 30-Mar-2022

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s response to Mr X’s complaint about councillor conduct as any fault by the Council has not caused Mr X significant injustice.

North Lincolnshire Council (21 018 661)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 29-Mar-2022

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council’s Monitoring Officer dealt with a complaint about the conduct of a councillor. This is because we are unlikely to find fault.

Eden District Council (21 018 238)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 29-Mar-2022

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s failure to follow its complaints procedure. The substantive issue at the heart of the complaint was decided in court.

Guildford Borough Council (21 012 132)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 22-Mar-2022

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about councillor conduct as it is made late to us and there are not good reasons to investigate now.

Carlisle City Council (21 017 731)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 16-Mar-2022

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s response to a Code of Conduct complaint he made against a Parish Councillor. This is because there is no evidence of fault on the Council’s part.

Hertfordshire County Council (21 016 765)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 16-Mar-2022

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint that the Council refuses to investigate his complaints about Councillor Y’s reported conversations in 2021 and actions in earlier years. There is no fault in the Council not reconsidering earlier events including between 2012 and 2018. It is not responsible for the tree preservation order which was originally of concern to Mr X. It is not a good use of limited public resources to investigate what Councillor Y said in 2021.

Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council (21 004 574)

Statement Not upheld Councillor conduct and standards 16-Mar-2022

Summary: Mr X complained about the way the Council investigated a complaint into his conduct at parish council meetings. The Ombudsman did not find fault with the Council’s actions.

Charnwood Borough Council (21 008 451)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 14-Mar-2022

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s response to a complaint about the conduct of a Councillor. We do not consider the complainant has suffered sufficient personal injustice to warrant an investigation. Nor can we achieve the outcome sought.

South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council (21 016 114)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 09-Mar-2022

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s handling of a code of conduct complaint against a councillor. This is because the complaint does not meet the tests in our Assessment Code on how we decide which complaints to investigate. There is not enough evidence of fault in the way the Council assessed the complaint, and it has apologised for the delays in responding to the complainant’s related correspondence.

South Oxfordshire District Council (21 017 246)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 03-Mar-2022

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council’s Monitoring Officer dealt with a complaint about the conduct of a councillor. This is because we are unlikely to find fault. The complainant’s concerns about how the Council dealt with his request for information was a matter best dealt with by the Information Commissioner’s Office.