Bassetlaw District Council (22 014 541)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 31-Mar-2023

Summary: We will not investigate Ms X’s complaint that the Council delayed in responding to a complaint she made about a councillor. Any injustice is not significant enough to justify our involvement. Furthermore, it is unlikely any investigation by the Ombudsman would come to a different conclusion.

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (22 011 994)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 30-Mar-2023

Summary: We will not investigate Ms X’s complaint that the Council failed to respond to complaints she made about two councillors. Any injustice is not significant enough to justify our involvement. Furthermore, it is unlikely any investigation by the Ombudsman would come to a different conclusion

Ashfield District Council (22 015 493)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 30-Mar-2023

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s failure to disqualify a councillor and delay in responding to the complaint. We cannot achieve the outcome the complainant is seeking. And we consider an apology to be a suitable remedy to this part of the complaint.

Eastleigh Borough Council (22 017 388)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 29-Mar-2023

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council’s Monitoring Officer dealt with a Code of Conduct complaint. This is because it is unlikely we would find fault.

London Borough of Sutton (22 017 777)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 29-Mar-2023

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

Herefordshire Council (22 016 761)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 28-Mar-2023

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s handling of a code of conduct complaint against a parish councillor. This is because the complaint does not meet the tests in our Assessment Code on how we decide which complaints to investigate, as we could achieve no worthwhile outcome by investigating.

Teignbridge District Council (22 016 719)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 26-Mar-2023

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s appointment of two interim Independent Persons without advertising the positions to the public. This is because there is insufficient evidence of fault causing injustice to Mr X to warrant an investigation.

Folkestone & Hythe District Council (22 015 257)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 26-Mar-2023

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with a complaint that three councillors breached the code of conduct. This is s because there is insufficient evidence of fault by the Council.

West Northamptonshire Council (22 016 804)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 24-Mar-2023

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council’s Monitoring Officer decided not to investigate Mr X’s complaint about a parish councillor. We do not consider Mr X has experienced sufficient personal injustice to warrant our involvement.

Wealden District Council (22 016 455)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Councillor conduct and standards 23-Mar-2023

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s handling of a complaint about a parish councillor. This is because the complaint is late and there are no good reasons to investigate now.