If your complaint is about the conduct of a Councillor who may have
breached the Code of Conduct please send your complaint to the
Chairman of the Standards Assessment Sub Committee c/o The
Monitoring Officer, Forest Heath District Council, District
Offices, College Heath Road, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 7EY or by
email to
legal@forest-heath.gov.uk
using the Code of Conduct Complaint
Form. This form can be downloaded
and then either printed and posted to us or completed
electronically and emailed to
legal@forest-heath.gov.uk.
The Code of Conduct sets out the rules
governing the behaviour of Councillors in the local authorities
across the country. To view Forest Heath District Council’s Code of
Conduct click
here.
Complaints about the conduct of Parish
and Town Councillors within the Forest Heath District should also
be submitted using the above form to the same address.
Complaints against County Councillors
need to be made to the Standards Committee of Suffolk County
Council.
The assessment sub-committee of the
Standards Committee at Forest Heath can only deal with complaints
about Councillor’s behaviour. Any complaint must clearly show why
you think that the Councillor has not followed the Code of Conduct.
Complaints about other matters will continue to be dealt with under
the main complaints procedure.
The initial assessment of the
complaint will be made within 20 working days of receipt. If the
decision is to take no further action a complainant has the right
to ask for that decision to be reviewed.
Please contact the Council’s
Monitoring Officer at the above address (Tel: 01638 719309) if you
wish to discuss further the procedure for making a complaint.
You may also wish to refer to the
website of the Standards Board for England,
http://www.standardsboard.gov.uk/
the national body with responsibility for overseeing and advising
on the implementation of matters relating to the Councillor’s Code
of Conduct for further information on making a
complaint.