Redbridge Council Reviews 

Worst council on the planet, try phoning them to speak to human being and you'll find out why.

I visited the Hainault Country Park on Wednesday 6th April 2023 with my little grandson parked my carand tried to pay for parking only to find that Ringo own the carpark I down loaded the app as I read that the carpark is now cashless i received a text thanking me for paying for parking after giving my card details they took the £1.00 parking fee after an hour i went home thought no more of it on saturday 8th received a call from my bank saying that was I aware that someone tried taking £24.90 from my account at 0830hours saturday morning after contacting my bank was informed ringo had tried to scam me i was disgusted and disappointed i would like to know are these carpark companys police checked they handle peoples personal bank details to make payment for the car park but in actual fact taking more money to line there own pockets at the expense of the law abiding public this is totally unaccetable and dont think cashless parking is ideal and you are expected to give details to a stranger tried for 4 hours to talk to a customer service advisor and then they cut you off thoroughly disgusted with redbridge and ringo parking i would recommend that no one ever falls into the trap of given your bank details to a faceless stranger as like me you will become another statistic who has been scammed

I’d give no stars if I could. Absolutely shocking council. Have been charging us double council tax for an empty home for nearly 2 years even though we have repeatedly responded to letters to advise otherwise. We’ve even had visits from the council yet this information does not get passed from department to department. As for contacting them, good luck, they avoid answering the phone like the plague and automatically direct you to their crappy website. When you send emails the automatic response is that they will get back to you within 10 working days MAYBE. If I had owed them any money they would be on me like flies around s**t.

My car number plate was cloned, and the cloned car created a penalty charge notice, even after appealing the case the council refused to accept what has happened.
I provided a case ref number from the MET, even told them the car in the picture was different pre face lift model, and explained I have since changed the number plate to a private number to put a stop to all this....NOTHING CAN CHANGE THEIR MINDS!!!!

They just do not care, and threaten you with letters.

I live over two hours away, and haven't even been to Ilford.
I've been forced to pay someone else's fine.
Evil establishment that does not care about people.

Parking enforcement for Redbridge has some very dodgy staff working for them and ruin the hard work of others. Redbridge council allow people to illegally park on Gant Hill Crescent during peak times. If you need free parking nearby the station, you can trust Redbridge Council to turn a blind eye and not ticket you on GHC

Bad bad bad pick up rubbish day and they chuck half the rubbish on road and leave the bins in the middle of street or even across the street luckily I got camera and I can find Wer my bins are left if one extra bag thy will not take some are very nice and take some think it will cost them put an extra bag in the bin 😂

Moved to Redbridge in January. Received the bill referent to January to March, and proceeded to full payment on the 6th of January. At the beginning of February, I noted that I was still in debt in the council. I readily sent confirmation of payment. Still shows that I am in debt with the council. Called about 5 times and I am told someone will look into this and that they received the confirmation of payment. For the last month I am receiving letters and text messages that I still need to pay the taxes referent to January to March, otherwise I will incur in an extra £145 penalty and will not be able to pay the next council tax in instalments. How long does it take to update records? This is not unacceptable and unnecessarily distressing.

The Whole of Housing Department is useless and just waste of tax payers money. They are so rude and unprofessional. They speak as they own the Redbridge Council or paying from there pockets to needy people.
I would say from Top to bottom they are corrupt and wasting time and money.
They should employ educated people or train them accordingly that people calling you guys for assistance are not beggars and what services they are providing is paid but not a charity work.

When claiming Universal Credit for the first time, you have to go into a Job Centre Plus office.
The first time I went there was daunting and I was very nervous.
However, the staff were all polite and kind.

Every week since, I've been going in to talk about what work I want to do and my work coach helped me look for jobs and courses.

All the help is available if you just speak to them politely. They can help you with applying for courses, writing your CV, and eventually getting a job.

Not opposing the ultra low emission charge extension. But happy to have these cameras put up in the boroughs which we pay for. Needs to be protest outside Ilford town hall.

Mr DEEN the very very arrogant guy speaking as if owns the red bridge council office,
Please we request you to educate the staff, they are by far the worst human beings hired by government. worst creatures sitting at the most important positions.
total garbage

Worst website worst council I keep on trying to pay my pcn .
Website is worst

Their road parking signs aren't clearly says which mobile app the payment has to be done for parking. I visited Ilford and paid for the parking on the pay by phone as its displayed on sign. and later received a penalty ticket. challenged the ticket and they not approve my paid parking. They have to mention on the sign pay by ring go. Council is too cheeky and robbing peoples money.

Just another money making council. Be careful driving in their borough as they are putting in restrictions everywhere and giving fines out.

Dodgy dodgy council!

If you ever come up against person in the name of Peter Marshall he is no good and your wasting your time. Lazy, very unprofessional and top liar. if your willing to bribe him then your in good hands.

Otherwise does nothing all day looks at google images and make statements. Whole council is wrong no wonder redbridge is falling apart. Having someone like Peter wondering around doesn’t help.

If you want to open a take away in your house Redbridge council will definitely allow it, you don't need any industrial units because this council thinks it's perfectly acceptable for the neighbours to put up with the smell of chicken and chips continually wafting into your house and on your washing.
It doesn't only smell of chips it stinks of it's not what you know it's who you know.

Worst borough I ever lived in , we just moved here and applied for admission and my children are out of school but council doesn’t care about their peoples they don’t pick up our calls nor they answer our email they don’t care if children are going to school or at home we never experienced this thing before as we used to lived in different cities in Uk , now I am regretting why we moved here….

We come from East Anglia for a day in London. parked at a car park near Seven Kings train station. Paid about £4.70 for a ticket and displayed it perfectly in the vehicle. The officer who presumably had not enough to do that day decided to slap a ticket on the vehicle. (Reference AF89400204) Completely mystified we went home and looked online and lodged a complaint as they website did not explain at all what the issue was. Weeks later they send me a letter saying the ONLY reason for the £60 fine was that when we typed in the registration number it was missing letters. Judging by the condition of the machine I am not surprised, it was dated, worn and probably faulty. I understand why this technically is not correct what I don't understand is why not show a bit of humanity and kindness to someone who's tried the right thing, paid their fee and parked responsibly. Are there not enough really bad people doing actual crimes and wrongdoing to look after instead of having a pendatic, unreasonable and profiteering approach to law-abiding citizens trying to take their families out for the day? You only have to look at the reviews here to see that this council needs a complete overhaul. Then they give you a phone number to ring and it doesn't work so in the end you give up and pay the £30 fine just to avoid ending up with a £60 one. Utterly despicable.

I live in the Redbridge Borough and it's the worst Borough to live in. It's been three weeks now that the dustman don't collect my Rubbish from the bins whereas all the rubbish is collected from every house hold. I have reported this to the council and no action has been taken, I have tried calling them too but they make you wait so long that you end up putting the phone down. I pay council tax just like the rest of the people living in the street but why am I being treated differently. It's the worst Borough for everything and I wouldn't recommend anyone to move into the borough. They don't even deserve one star but I have no option other then to rate it as one star but if I had the option I wouldn't even give it a negative star as they are not worth it.

Enforcement, Parking.

The authority’s Department for Enforcement is very advanced and extremely Dangerous.

Their Officer’s always looking for ways to take money from your pocket’s into their’s.

I had to PAY penalties for parking on the pavement but 100’s of other vehicle’s parked the same, they didn’t issue NO penalty notice’s to them Just Me, the chosen one ☝️.

The BOX junction Romford Road and Ilford Hill, my wife New Driver stopped for less than a minute because the car in front Stopped suddenly, I had to PAY the penalty even though the my car crossed the BOX junction within the Green Traffic Light 🚦 signal.

The only way is to PAY their demands No humanity whatsoever at all !!