Recent statements in this category are shown below:
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Charnwood Borough Council (25 005 539)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 21-Oct-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s maintenance of a watercourse near Mrs Y’s home. Mrs Y has a legal remedy for her substantive complaints through the courts, and it is reasonable to expect her to do this.
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London Borough of Ealing (25 007 818)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 20-Oct-2025
Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council issuing him a Fixed Penalty Notice for alleged fly tipping. This is because Mr X could have used his right to raise a defence against the issuing of the notice in court if he considers there was fault in its issue.
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Southend-on-Sea City Council (25 009 334)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 19-Oct-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s maintenance of a car park. The claimed injustice is not significant enough to warrant our involvement.
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Blackpool Borough Council (24 010 600)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 15-Oct-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s decision to grant planning permission for Mr X’s property before he bought it. We consider that any errors in the planning application process did not cause Mr X any injustice and we cannot achieve the outcome he is seeking.
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London Borough of Hounslow (25 006 134)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 15-Oct-2025
Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint that the Council has not done enough to stop local businesses parking untaxed and for-sale vehicles on public roads. This is because the injustice claimed is not significant enough to justify our involvement.
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London Borough of Ealing (25 008 598)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 15-Oct-2025
Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about being issued a Fixed Penalty Notice for fly tipping. This is because Mr X could have used his right to defend the matter in court. That is the route to use to challenge it.
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Hampshire County Council (24 018 997)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 12-Oct-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s failure to carry out sufficient flood mitigation work on a watercourse near the complainant’s home. There is insufficient evidence of fault which would warrant an investigation.
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London Borough of Enfield (25 008 233)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 12-Oct-2025
Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about a Fixed Penalty Notice as we could not achieve more than what the Council is doing.
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London Borough of Harrow (25 006 643)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 09-Oct-2025
Summary: We will not investigate Miss X’s complaint about being issued a Fixed Penalty Notice for littering. This is because Miss X can raise a defence against the issuing of the notice in court if she considers it was incorrectly issued and wants to challenge it. The data issue Miss X raised is best considered by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
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Bristol City Council (25 004 562)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 06-Oct-2025
Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s response to his report about a Council employee littering. This is because there is insufficient evidence of fault by the Council to warrant an investigation.