File ref: IRC-6639
7 August 2024
Tony
[FYI request #27293 email]
Kia ora Tony,
Parking Complaints
Thank you for your request made under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings
Act 1987 (the Act), received on 18 June 2024. You requested the fol owing information:
1. The total number of reports Wel ington City Council received using your online form under
the categories 'Parking - Complaint about how a vehicle is parked' per year for the last 3
years.
2. The number of reports Wel ington City Council received using your online form under the
categories 'Parking - Complaint about how a vehicle is parked' for the 5 days with the
highest number of reports made (i.e., the 5 dates with the highest number of reports, and
how many reports were made each of those days) for the most recent year for which data
is available.
3. The maximum number of daily 'Parking - Complaint about how a vehicle is parked' reports
that Wel ington City Council can handle in one day.
Wel ington City Council has partly granted
your request for information.
Question 1 –
The total number of reports Wellington City Council received using your online form under
the categories 'Parking - Complaint about how a vehicle is parked' per year for the last 3 years.
Between the dates of 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2023 a total of 3,195 complaints were
received via ou
r online form under the category of ‘Parking - Complaint about how a vehicle is
parked'.
Please note, as your request is targeted to complaints received via our online form, this does not
include any complaints received via other customer service channels such as our Contact Centre
via telephone call.
Question 2 -
The number of reports Wellington City Council received using your online form under the
categories 'Parking - Complaint about how a vehicle is parked' for the 5 days with the highest number of
reports made (i.e., the 5 dates with the highest number of reports, and how many reports were made each
of those days) for the most recent year for which data is available.
Below are the top five days with the highest number parking complaints received via ou
r online
form under the category of ‘'Parking - Complaint about how a vehicle is parked’ between the dates
of 1 July 2023 and 1 July 2024:
Number of
Complaints
Ranking
Date
Received
1
15-Feb-24
26
2
23-Mar-24
24
3
28-Feb-24
22
4
7-Mar-24
22
5
11-Aug-23
19
Please note, as your request is targeted to complaints received via our online form, this does not
include any complaints received via other customer service channels such as our Contact Centre
via telephone call.
Question 3 -
The maximum number of daily 'Parking - Complaint about how a vehicle is parked' reports
that Wellington City Council can handle in one day.
We are unable to quantify the number of complaints raised under the category of 'Parking -
Complaint about how a vehicle is parked' that the Council’s Parking Services team can attended to
in one day, as there are a number of variables that can impact the volume of complaints attended
to.
This can include:
• The location in which a parking complaint has been reported – travel time between the
location of complaints raised across the Wel ington region can impact the number of
complaints attended to.
• Staff resources – staff availability for attending complaints can be impacted by staff
sickness, including seasonal flu and Covid-19.
• The date and time complaints are raised – complaints raised after hours (after 8pm) are
attended to by our smaller, afterhours compliance team.
• The nature of the complaint received, urgency can determine which complaint is attended
to first, with the most urgent being the highest priority, such as vehicle blocking entrance
way.
We are therefore refusing this part of your request under section 17(g) of the Act because the
requested information is not held.
Right of review
If you are not satisfied with the Council’s response, you may request the Office of the Ombudsman
to investigate the Council’s decision. Further information is available on the Ombudsman website,
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Please note, we may proactively release our response to your request with your personal
information removed.
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Thank you again for your request,
Kind regards
Ollie Marchant
Official Information
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