Elmbridge Borough Council (25 025 480)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Licensing 07-Jul-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s failure to enforce a breach of a premises licence. This is because there is not enough evidence of fault by the Council to justify investigating.

Dover District Council (25 023 237)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Licensing 06-Jul-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s handling of a premises license transfer. There is insufficient evidence of fault by the Council, and the courts are better placed to consider the complainant’s claimed financial losses.

Coventry City Council (26 008 773)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Licensing 05-Jul-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s decision on a licensing matter X disagrees with. This is because X could have appealed this decision to the Magistrates Court. Only the court could make a new decision, and we could not say the Council’s decision was right or wrong. It was reasonable for X to have used their appeal right. Additionally, there is not enough evidence of fault in how the Council notified X of its decision to revoke their licence.

Central Bedfordshire Council (25 030 885)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Licensing 02-Jul-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Ms X’s complaint about a variation to a premises licence. Ms X is not the licence holder, so any fault has not caused her a personal injustice.

London Borough of Lambeth (25 025 048)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Licensing 02-Jul-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about licensing. This is because the claimed injustice is not significant enough to warrant further investigation.

Oxford City Council (25 016 938)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Licensing 30-Jun-2026

Summary: We will not investigate Ms X’s complaint about the Council’s decision not to wave an unpaid land charge, and the potential impact on the renewal of her selective licence. The complaint is late and there are no good reasons to investigate the complaint now.

London Borough of Haringey (25 005 086)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Licensing 29-Jun-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council responded to an information request about a Rent Repayment Order. This is because further investigation would not lead to a different outcome.

East Cambridgeshire District Council (25 022 068)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Licensing 29-Jun-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s decision to vary a premises licence. Any injustice is not significant enough to justify our involvement.

Durham County Council (25 023 568)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Licensing 28-Jun-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about selective licences because Mr Y could have appealed to the First Tier (Property Chamber) Tribunal and it is reasonable to expect him to have done this.

North Yorkshire Council (25 028 229)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Licensing 22-Jun-2026

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s decision on licensing matters affecting X. This is because X could have appealed these decisions to the Magistrates Court and given only the court could decide whether the Council’s decision was right or wrong, and we cannot, it was reasonable for X to have used their appeal right.