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Investigation Report 200602645

  • Report no:
    200602645
  • Date:
    September 2007
  • Body:
    East Lothian Council
  • Sector:
    Local Government

Overview

The complainant (Mr C) raised concerns that East Lothian Council (the Council) had not responded adequately to the requests of a sporting organisation (the Sporting Organisation) and that, when the Sporting Organisation complained about this, the Council did not respond within the stated timescales.

Specific complaints and conclusions

The complaints which have been investigated are that the Council:

  • (a)  unreasonably failed to take action to obtain Anti Social Behaviour Orders against named persons (not upheld); and
  • (b)  did not respond to the Sporting Organisation within stated timescales (upheld).

Redress and recommendations

The Ombudsman has no recommendations to make.

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Updated: December 11, 2018