Ruling 24 016 788

We will not investigate Mx Y’s complaint about the Council’s licensing panel decision on the licence of a nearby premises, that it failed to deal with noise nuisance from the premises, failed to visit the premises when noise was being reported, and failed to deal with a letter sent by the premise’s owners to those raising noise complaints. Mx Y had a right of appeal to the Magistrates Court against the panel decision which it was reasonable for her to have used. The complaints about Environmental Health (EH) officers’ actions and the premises owner’s letter are late and there are no good reasons for us to investigate them now. Even if we exercised discretion to consider the late complaint about EH officers, there is not enough evidence of fault to warrant us investigating.