Making a complaint

We care about getting things right first time. We realise that we don’t always get it right, and if that happens, we want to try and fix any problems you may be experiencing.

If you have a complaint about our services, please contact the Customer First Office so we can try and resolve your complaint quickly and informally.

The Customer First Office is impartial from other council services.

Complaints are investigated differently depending on which service you want to complaint about.

You can read the complaints procedure for each type of service in the documents below.

Ombudsman

If you remain dissatisfied with how we have dealt with your complaint, you can contact the relevant Ombudsman. The Ombudsman may ask you to have your complaint investigated by us, before they will consider it.

Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman looks at complaints about council services.

Tel: 0300 061 0614

The Housing Ombudsman has jurisdiction of complaints about social housing, this includes council tenants.

Tel: 0300 111 3000

Complain about a councillor

If your complaint is about a councillor, contact the standards committee.