Conduct of Councillors

If you have a complaint or are concerned about the conduct of either a District Councillor or a Town or Parish Councillor within the Epping Forest District, information on the complaints procedure can be found below.

Changes to the Complaints Procedure

From 8 May 2008 the responsibility for considering complaints that a member may have breached the Code of Conduct moved to the Standards Committees of local authorities from the Standards for England.

How to Make a Complaint

You must submit your complaint in writing setting out how you believe the Councillor concerned has breached the Code of Conduct. In most circumstances, the member involved will be advised of the complaint.

Please read the following information which may be of help:

• Members' code of conduct pdf (228 KB)
  (from the Epping Forest District Council constitution)

• Complaint form (pdf 19 KB)

• Standards Committee assessment criteria pdf (9 KB)

• Making a Complaint Standards Board (pdf 57 KB)

• How will the Council will handle your complaint against a Councillor (pdf 11 KB)

Once completed, you must submit your complaint to:

Chairman of the Assessment Sub-committee
The Standards Committee - Office of the Chief Executive
Epping Forest District Council
Civic Offices
High Street
Epping
Essex CM16 4BZ

The assessment sub-committee can only deal with complaints about the behaviour of a member. It will not deal with complaints about things that are not covered by the members’ Code of Conduct. If you make a complaint to the assessment sub-committee it must be about why you think a member has not followed the Code of Conduct.

Need More Help?

If you would like more help with this process.

Please contact the Initial Assessment Officer Simon Hill:
• By telephone on 01992 564249
• By email shill@eppingforestdc.gov.uk

Prior to 8 May 2008, the Standards for England was responsible for carrying out this function.

Standards for England website

Decisions of Hearings Sub-Committee

Local Assessment Case No 3/2009 (pdf 7 KB)

Local Assessment Case Nos 1A/2009 and 5/2009 (pdf 6 KB)

Local Assessment Case 4/2008 Adjudicaton Panel Decision (pdf 1.5 MB)