Complaints

Complaint Contact Officers

Corporate Units

For complaints about Human Resources, policy, legal and elections. Your contact is:

Viola Traynor, Corporate Policy Support Officer

Tel: (01437) 775856

E-mail: Viola.Traynor@pembrokeshire.gov.uk

Cultural Services

For complaints about libraries, museums, archives, registrars, the arts. Your contact is:

James Thornley, Cultural Services ICT Manager

Tel: (01437) 776083

E-mail: james.thornley@pembrokeshire.gov.uk

Education

For complaints about school admissions, special needs education and statments, music service, youth services, adult learning, sports development, early years education and play and catering services. Your contact is:

Lyn Herde

Tel: 07920 702413  

E-mail: lyn.herde@pembrokeshire.gov.uk 

N.B. Issues concerning schools must follow the Schools General Complaints Procedure.

Procurement and Customer Services

For complaints about benefits, council tax, council house rents, business rates, payroll and creditor payments, facilities (including car parks), customer contact centres and information technology. Your contact is:

Duncan Betteley, Business Manager

Tel: (01437) 775211

E-mail: Duncan.Betteley@pembrokeshire.gov.uk

 

Housing Commissioning

For complaints about council house allocation, private sector housing and grants, tenancy management, sheltered housing, homelessness and housing options. Your contacts are:

Katie Mullins and Nia Davies, Customer Liaison Officers (Housing)

Tel: (01437) 776556/776230

E-mail: HousingCLO@pembrokeshire.gov.uk  

(For Council House repairs see Maintenance and Environmental Services)
 

Leisure Services

For complaints about tourism, leisure centres, student awards, harbours and beaches. Your contact is:

Gary Nicholas, Leisure Services Officer

Tel: (01437) 776005

E-mail: gary.nicholas@pembrokeshire.gov.uk

Environment and Civil Contingencies 

 For complaints about street cleaning, litter collection, drainage and the maintenance of:, highways, public toilets, parks, gardens and play areas, refuse (including trade waste), recycling and civic amentity sites, crematorium, parks, Tenby and Fishguard Harbour, emergency planning and abandoned vehicles your contact is:

Sandra Davies, Waste Operations Assistant

Tel: (01437) 775935

E-mail: sandra.davies@pembrokeshire.gov.uk

Maintenance

For complaints about council house repairs, maintenance of: buildings and street lighting your contacts are:

Phillip Horne, Area Maintenance Officer 

E-mail: Phil.Horne@pembrokeshire.gov.uk

Stuart Uzmez, Responsive Repairs Assistant Area Supervisor

Tel: (01437) 776279

E-mail:  stuart.uzmez@pembrokeshire.gov.uk

Planning

For complaints about planning, Development Plan, conservation, building control. Your contact is:

Michelle Webber, Sustainability Appraisal Officer

Tel: (01437) 776503

E-mail: michelle.webber@pembrokeshire.gov.uk

Kirstie Thomas, Departmental Secretary

(01437) 775324

E-mail: kirstie.thomas@pembrokeshire.gov.uk 

Property and Asset Management

For complaints about property management and review, county farms, markets, Haverfordwest airport. Your contact is:

Jo Collis, Property Review Systems Administrator

Tel: (01437) 776517

E-mail: jo.collis@pembrokeshire.gov.uk

Public Protection

For complaints about environmental health, food safety/standards, licensing, pollution control, pest control, dog control, animal health and welfare, trading standards, community safety. Your contact is:

Jemma Lewis, Business Manager 

Tel: (01437) 776203

E-mail: jemma.price-lewis@pembrokeshire.gov.uk

Economic Development and Regeneration

For complaints about economic development, regeneration projects, European issues, tourism development, community regeneration, Bridge Innovation Centre. Your contact is:

Kirstie Thomas, Departmental Secretary

Tel: (01437) 775324

E-mail: kirsty.thomas@pembrokeshire.gov.uk 

Social Services

For complaints about services for the elderly, children and families, mental health services, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, fostering and adoption. Your contacts are:

Richard Williams, Social Services Complaints Officer, Tel (01437) 776208

Amanda Davies, Social Services Complaints Officer, Tel: (01437) 775503

E-mail: SocialCareComplaints@pembrokeshire.gov.uk

Infrastructure

For complaints about highways, sewers, transportation, parks, car parks, cemeteries/crematorium, road safety, coastal protection, architecture, engineering and Bridge Innovation Centre (BIC). Your contacts are:

Shaun Griffiths, Corporate Systems and Safety Manager 

Tel: (01437) 775077

E-mail: shaun.griffiths@pembrokeshire.gov.uk 

 

Freedom of Information

For issues concerning the Freedom of Information Act. Your contact is:

Jennifer Brown, Senior Information Governance Officer

Tel: (01437) 77 6684

E-mail: jennifer.brown@pembrokeshire.gov.uk

Welsh Language

For issues concerning the Welsh language. Your contact is:

Viola Traynor, Corporate Policy Support Officer

Tel: (01437) 775856

E-mail: Viola.Traynor@pembrokeshire.gov.uk

Ombudsman complaints

For complaints made to the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales.

The PSOW is an independent organisation appointed by the Welsh Government to look into complaints of maladministration (bad practice) against public services.

The PSOW will usually expect your complaint to have been considered through the Council Complaints Policy first before starting any investigation

Amanda Davies, Social Services Complaints Officer

Tel: (01437) 775503

E-mail: Amanda.Davies@pembrokeshire.gov.uk

 

Monitoring Officer

For complaints made to the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales regarding alleged breach by a Councillor of the Code of Conduct, a copy of the complaint should also be forwarded to the Monitoring Officer. 

Complaints which contain an allegation of a contravention by the authority of any enactment or rule of law will also be referred to the Monitoring Officer by the relevant complaints contact officer.

Claire Jones

Tel: (01437 776564)

E-mail: claire.jones@pembrokeshire.gov.uk