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Birmingham City Council (25 000 382)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Refuse and recycling 30-Apr-2025
Summary: We cannot investigate Ms X’s complaint about missed refuse collections resulting from strike action by the Council’s refuse collection crews. This is because the complaint is about an issue which affects all or most of the people in the Council’s area and the law does not allow us to investigate such matters.
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Epping Forest District Council (25 000 847)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Planning applications 30-Apr-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with a planning application. This is because the complainant has not suffered significant injustice as a result of the alleged fault.
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Northumberland County Council (25 000 850)
Statement Upheld Other 30-Apr-2025
Summary: We will not investigate Ms X’s complaint about the delay in the Council responding to her stage two complaint under the children statutory complaints procedure. This is because the Council has already provided an appropriate remedy to recognise the injustice caused by the faults accepted.
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Hertfordshire County Council (25 000 865)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Parking and other penalties 30-Apr-2025
Summary: We will not investigate Mr B’s complaint about the Council’s refusal of his dropped kerb application. This is because the information does not indicate the Council’s decision was affected by fault.
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Essex County Council (25 001 460)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 30-Apr-2025
Summary: We will not investigate Mr B’s complaint about the Council’s refusal of his request to extend a dropped kerb. This is because there is not enough evidence of fault to justify an investigation.
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South Gloucestershire Council (23 017 552)
Statement Upheld Special educational needs 29-Apr-2025
Summary: There was fault by the Council. It took too long to deal with Mrs B’s complaints to it. It was entitled to decide that it did not have a duty to provide alternative educational provision when her son could not attend school, but it should have reviewed its decision and arranged the provision sooner when it received new information. There was no fault when the Council took two weeks longer than usually allowed to issue a final Education Health and Care Plan. The Council’s shortcomings caused distress and frustration, and meant that Mrs B’s child missed out on educational provision. The Council has agreed to apologise to Mrs B, make symbolic payments, and review its policy on alternative educational provision to make it clearer.
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Leicester City Council (24 000 164)
Statement Upheld Residential care 29-Apr-2025
Summary: Mr C and Mrs C complain about the safeguarding action taken against them and the failure of the Council to safeguard Ms D from financial abuse. There is no fault in the Council’s decision to start safeguarding proceedings. However it should have communicated its decision making more clearly to Mr C and Mrs C. To remedy the complaint the Council has agreed to apologise to Mr C and Mrs C and make service improvements.
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London Borough of Lambeth (24 003 551)
Statement Upheld Charging 29-Apr-2025
Summary: Ms X complains the Council failed to deal properly with the charges for her father’s care, including failing to take account of the fact he had dementia and his family could not access his money until after he died. The Council failed to deal properly with the charges for her father’s care. This resulted in it charging his estate legal costs and interest, despite having no policies for doing so. It also put Ms X to significant time and trouble in pursing the complaint. The Council needs to apologise and refund money to her father’s estate. It also needs to improve its working practices.
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London Borough of Lambeth (24 004 939)
Statement Upheld Homelessness 29-Apr-2025
Summary: Miss X complained the Council placed her and her child in unsuitable temporary accommodation. She stated it took too long to complete a review of the suitability of her accommodation and placed her housing register application in the wrong priority band. We found fault by the Council on both matters. This meant Miss X has lived in unsuitable accommodation for over two years. To remedy her injustice the Council agreed to apologise, pay her £3750 and make a monthly payment for every month she remains in unsuitable accommodation.
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Devon County Council (24 007 013)
Statement Upheld Special educational needs 29-Apr-2025
Summary: Miss X complained about delays in her son, Y’s, Education, Health and Care needs assessment. She said Y has been out of school since February 2023 and she incurred significant costs securing educational provision for him. Miss X said this frustrated and distressed her and Y. There was fault in the way the Council delayed completing the needs assessment. This frustrated Miss X and frustrated her right of appeal to the Tribunal. The Council has agreed to apologise, make a financial payment and provide guidance to its staff.