Customer feedback

Help us to get it right

Dudley Council tries to provide high quality, affordable services to all its customers. There are times when we do things well, but there may also be times when things go wrong and you are left unhappy or dissatisfied.

We want to hear from you if you have a compliment, comment or complaint about our services. For all these types of feedback, please complete the online form click here for a list of directorate contact details. 

Your compliment, comment or complaint may be about:

• the kind of services we offer
• the services you receive
• the lack of services
• changes to services
• costs of services
• how helpful we have been 
   

Compliments

The council recognises and greatly values the importance of any positive feedback from the customers we serve. Therefore, we want to hear from you whenever you feel the service you have received merits praise.

Comments

We very much welcome and seek your comments in order to assist us in continually developing and improving our services.

Complaints

If you are not happy with a service then you have the right to complain and be listened to. We will do all we can to resolve your complaint promptly and effectively.

If you make a complaint, we will:

• listen to what you have to say

• respond to you promptly, ensuring you receive a response to the issues you raise

• provide advice and information about how you can pursue your complaint further should you feel you need to do so. 
  

Complaint stages

It is important to us that we try to resolve matters with you straight away, so before making a formal complaint, try to talk the problem over with the person you are dealing with or ask to speak to the manager of the service.

Stage one
If your complaint cannot be resolved informally you may wish to make a formal complaint. You can do this online, click here for a list of directorate contact details , by telephone or in writing by completing the print version of the form below.

We will contact you within five working days to acknowledge receipt and within 20 working days with a full response.

If the complaint is complex and takes longer to investigate we will keep you informed.  We will also tell you who to contact if your issue is not resolved.

Stage two
If you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of your complaint, you can take your complaint further by contacting the appropriate senior manager detailing why you remain dissatisfied. Details of who to contact will be provided in our response issued to you at stage one.

Stage three
If your issue is not resolved following stage two, you can contact the council's chief executive in writing at Council House, Priory Road, Dudley, DY1 1HF.

If you're not sure who to contact, please call Dudley Coucil Plus on 0300 555 2345

If you do not wish to complain yourself, with your permission someone else can do so on your behalf.

If you need help communicating with us, we can arrange this e.g. large print or braille documentation, translation, text relay service, interpreting and sign language.

Local Government Ombudsman

You will be expected to have gone through the council's complaint procedure before you make contact with the ombudsman.  The Local Government Ombudsman's contact details can be obtained following this link Contacting the Local Government Ombudsman.

Your personal information

Depending on the nature of the complaint, we may need to ask your permission to share the complaint details with other services in order to provide a response.

If you are complaining on someone else's behalf, we will normally have to ask their permission.

Help us to get it right

Feedback can be reported to any Dudley Council office however, it may be better to raise specific issues with the appropriate directorate.

Chief Executives Directorate

Complain, compliment or comment on any service provided by the Chief Executive’s Directorate.

Council House, Priory Road, Dudley, DY1 1HF
01384 815224.
 

Urban Environment

Complain, compliment or comment on any service provided by the Directorate of the Urban Environment.

4 Ednam Road, Dudley, DY1 1HL

Culture and Leisure issues
4 Ednam Road, Dudley, DY1 1HL

Planning, trading standards and environmental health issues
4 Ednam Road, Dudley, DY1 1HL
01384 814136

Economic regeneration & transportation issues
4 Ednam Road, Dudley, DY1 1HL
01384 814151

Corporate Resources

Complain, compliment or comment on any service provided by the Directorate of Corporate Resources.

Council House, Priory Road, Dudley, DY1 1HF
01384 815305

Benefits 01384 814180
Council tax and business rates 01384 814833
Registrars 01384 814731

Adult, Community and Housing Services

Complain, compliment or comment on any service provided by the Directorate of Adult, Community and Housing Services.

Housing services
3 Capstan House, The Waterfront, Merry Hill, Brierley Hill, DY5 1XL
01384 812417

Adult & children's social care and libraries, archives & adult community learning
The quality and complaints team, Ednam House, St James's Road, Dudley, DY1 3JJ
01384 813068 or 813067

Housing Ombudsman
The Housing Ombudsman Service is set up by law to look at complaints about the housing organisations that are registered with them. Their service is free, independent and impartial.

http://www.housing-ombudsman.org.uk/

Children's Services

Complain, compliment or comment on any service provided by the Directorate of Children’s Services.

Westox House, 1 Trinity Road, Dudley, DY1 1JQ
01384 814225. 

If you are not sure who to contact, please call Dudley Council Plus on 0300 555 2345.

If you wish to raise a compliment or complaint about a Freedom of Information issue, please supply details by following this link - Freedom of Information

If you have a comment about any part of the Dudley MBC Web Site, please email us - Web Site Feedback