Selby District Council
Annual statistics ?Find out more about annual statistics
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Complaints upheld
The Ombudsman carried out no investigations in this period
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Compliance with Ombudsman recommendations
No recommendations were due for compliance in this period
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Satisfactory remedies provided by the Council
The Ombudsman did not uphold any complaints in this period
Annual letters
We write to councils each year to give a summary of the complaint statistics we record about them,
and their performance in responding to our investigations.
Public reports ?Find out more about public reports
In the last nine years, the Ombudsman has published the following public interest reports against Selby District Council
Second report issued after Selby District Council refuses to accept ombudsman’s report
The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has issued a second report into Selby District Council, after the authority refused to comply with recommendations made in a previous report.
Service improvements ?Find out more about service improvements
Since April 2018, the Council has agreed to make the following improvements to its services following an Ombudsman investigation. We list up to 10 cases below – click ‘view all’ if there are more.
Case reference: 18 013 961
Category: Planning
Sub Category: Enforcement
- Carry out at least three unannounced visits to the site, at least one per month, at appropriate times of the day to ensure the developer is complying with relevant conditions, particularly hours of work. The Council should keep records of these visits, and a written analysis of Mr X's diary sheets. The Council should keep visiting the site on a monthly basis until the development is completed; and Report back to the Ombudsman at the end of the three-month period, giving details of the site visits made, and its analysis of Mr X's diary sheets.
- Review its policy for vexatious and unreasonable complainants to make sure any such complainant is warned about any behaviour that falls within the scope of the policy and is given the opportunity to change that behaviour before being designated as vexatious.
Last updated: 4 April 2015