Customer Feedback

At South Staffordshire Council, we are committed to customer care and being a customer-focused organisation. We want to work with residents to develop and improve services as part of our Customer Promise. 

At South Staffordshire Council, we are committed to customer care and being a customer-focused organisation. We want to work with residents to develop and improve services as part of our Customer Promise.  

The way we handle customer feedback is a key component in this process, and we welcome customer feedback, compliments, complaints to learn from and to help put things right when they go wrong. Your feedback helps us improve our services. 

How to provide feedback 

We want to hear from you if: 

  • You think we have done something well
  • You have feedback about our services
  • We didn’t get it right for you 

If you would like to provide us with some feedback please click this link.

Please do not use this form to report missed bins, please ring 01902 696000 or email info@sstaffs.gov.uk. Please note, if your bin has been missed this must be reported to us by 5pm the next working day.

Complaints that fall outside our procedure

Complaints where legislation and limits apply 

For example, planning appeals, housing decisions, benefit entitlement, and revenue reductions cannot be considered. 

Staffordshire County Council services: 

  • Roads, footpaths, street lighting, potholes
  • Children's and Adult Social Services
  • Schools
  • School Placements 

If you wish to raise any issues with these services, please visit staffordshire.gov.uk 

Housing complaints 

For property maintenance issues, please contact your landlord. 

Give your feedback

Help us improve!  

How we handle complaints

If you make a complaint, we will: 

  • Try to resolve it informally with you first.
  • Acknowledge your complaint within three working days if unresolved.
  • Ensure it is taken seriously and reviewed by the appropriate manager or director (please note our ‘unreasonable complaints’ policy attachment).
  • Aim to provide a full response within 10 working days following investigation.
  • Notify you if more time is needed for complex cases.
  • Provide appeal options if you are not satisfied with the response. 

Complaints about a councillor or member of council staff

If you are unhappy about the way a member of the council has behaved, you can complain to the council's Monitoring Officer by emailing: monitoring_officer@sstaffs.gov.uk

Your feedback in action

We’re dedicated to providing a website that meets your needs, and your feedback plays a vital role in helping us do that! While you explore our site, you’ll notice a simple way to share your thoughts: the ‘Was this page useful?’ button on every page highlighted by a smiley face and a sad face.  

Recent improvements from your recommendations include: 

  • Easier navigation on the Contact Us page, leisure centre timetables and Business Rates page. 
  • User testing planned to improve accessibility on Election pages. 
  • Weekly monitoring ensures timely corrections on any broken links. 
  • Fixed Chrome-related issues on our bin collection calendar.  
  • Added new image galleries to our leisure centre pages for better representation. 

What you told us we’re doing well  

  • Our Baggeridge Country Park and Leisure Centre pages consistently receive positive feedback, particularly for the membership package details. 
  • Easy-to-use and relevant information on our Local Plan Map, UK Shared Prosperity Funding page and Election pages. 
  • Clear membership information on the Leisure Centre page. 
  • Simple and informative Garden Waste sign-up process. 
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