Service improvements

Cambridge City Council

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When we find fault, we can recommend improvements to systems and processes where they haven’t worked properly, so that others do not suffer from these same problems in future. Common examples are policy changes; procedural reviews; and staff training. Service improvements from decisions are published for 5 years and those from reports are published for 10 years.

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  • Cambridge City Council (20 010 732)

    Category: Other Categories Date: 08-Jul-2021

    Summary

    We will not investigate Mr Y’s complaints about trespass and the determination of his boundary because these are matters which we consider should be settled by the courts. Furthermore, the matter has been ongoing for more than 12 months and Mr Y could have complained to us sooner. We will not investigate Mr Y’s claim for criminal damage because we cannot determine whether a crime has occurred and there are other agencies better placed to investigate. Mr Y also complains about other related matters, including the Council’s conduct and its handling of his complaint, but we have not investigated the underlying complaint so we will not investigate the related matters. However, we have investigated the Council’s application of its policy about ‘Unreasonable and Unreasonably Persistent Complainants’ and in our view, there is fault causing injustice to Mr Y.

    Service improvements

    The Council will review its ‘Unreasonable and Unreasonably Persistent Complainants’ policy and consider whether it requires updating to ensure consistency with the Ombudsman’s ‘Guidance on managing unreasonable behaviour’.

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