Buckinghamshire Council (20 012 774)

Statement Not upheld Land 12-Oct-2021

Summary: Mr D complains about the Council’s decision to remove land near his home from the list of assets of community value. We have found no fault.

Charnwood Borough Council (21 007 197)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Land 05-Oct-2021

Summary: Mr X complains about the Council’s handling of matters relating to a piece of land it owns adjacent to Mr X’s property. We will not investigate the complaint because it is unlikely we can add to the investigation already carried out by the Council and an investigation is unlikely to lead to a different outcome.

Scarborough Borough Council (21 004 063)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Land 23-Sep-2021

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the maintenance of land. This is because the courts are better placed than the Ombudsman to consider this complaint.

Peterborough City Council (21 007 918)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Land 22-Sep-2021

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s secondary involvement in a dispute over private property and public highway rights because we cannot achieve the result Mr B wants.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council (20 012 466)

Statement Upheld Land 19-Sep-2021

Summary: Mr C complained about the Council’s handling of his request to buy an area of land and says he spent unnecessary time and trouble in pursuing the matter and cannot now use the land to build a garage. We have found fault by the Council in terms of delay and poor communication but consider the agreed action of an apology is enough to provide a suitable remedy.

City of Doncaster Council (21 005 730)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Land 19-Sep-2021

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint as this is a dispute about legal rights over land and it would be more appropriate for this to be resolved in court.

Luton Borough Council (21 005 880)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Land 14-Sep-2021

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about damage caused to property by overgrown vegetation. This is because the complaint is late with no good reason to investigate it now and the Council’s insurer is better placed than us to consider the issue.

Buckinghamshire Council (20 013 942)

Statement Upheld Land 09-Sep-2021

Summary: Mr C complained about the Council’s handling of an application to register an area of land as a village green. He considered the Council had not followed the proper process and had delayed. As a result, the application had not been considered as it should and he had been put to time and trouble in pursuing the Council. There was fault which caused injustice to Mr C. The Council will apologise, make a payment to Mr C and start the formal consideration of the application.

London Borough of Croydon (21 005 132)

Statement Upheld Land 09-Sep-2021

Summary: We will not investigate Ms X’s complaint about Council boundary works damaging her patio, and how it dealt with her complaint. The Council has offered a suitable remedy for the damage which is in line with the one we may have sought had it not already been offered. Nails in the fence do not cause Ms X such injustice to warrant us investigating. We will not investigate a council’s complaint handling process in isolation where we do not intend to investigate the core issue which gave rise to the complaint.

Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council (21 004 122)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Land 02-Sep-2021

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s refusal to sell land to the complainant. There is nothing to suggest fault by the Council. The courts are better placed to deal with alleged damage to the complainant’s property.