Tendring District Council (20 008 576)

Statement Not upheld Land 01-Sep-2021

Summary: There is no fault by the Council. It has considered requests to further cut back vegetation and install CCTV but decided against it. Mrs X’s insurance claim for damage caused by a fire on public open land is being considered by the Council and she can take the matter to the courts to pursue this if needed.

North West Leicestershire District Council (20 009 018)

Statement Upheld Land 27-Aug-2021

Summary: There was some fault by the Council when it sold a strip of land Mrs X uses to access a field. This has not caused significant injustice to Mrs X, so no remedy is recommended.

Uttlesford District Council (21 004 533)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Land 27-Aug-2021

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s decision to apply for a compulsory purchase order or to vest that order. We have previously issued a decision relating to application for the order. It would be reasonable for the complainant to use the courts to test the legitimacy of vesting that order.

Lancashire County Council (21 004 452)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Land 19-Aug-2021

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Councils actions during the sale of a plot of land. We have not seen enough evidence of fault to justify our involvement.

Derbyshire Dales District Council (20 010 437)

Statement Not upheld Land 05-Aug-2021

Summary: Mrs B complains about the Council’s decision to nominate a site near her home as its preferred location for a gypsy and traveller site. She says the Council did not give adequate time for her to raise objections and did not properly consider the feasibility of the site. The Ombudsman does not find fault in how the Council reached its decision.

Scarborough Borough Council (20 006 213)

Statement Upheld Land 09-Jul-2021

Summary: Mr X complained the Council wrongly sold land belonging to his parent’s estate and then caused delays transferring the land back. The delays held up the sale of the house and meant Mr X had to pay more council tax. The Council admitted fault for its error in transferring Mr X’s parents land to a housing association. It agreed to provide an improved remedy. We did not find the Council at fault for delays transferring the land back to Mr X.

Cambridge City Council (20 010 732)

Statement Upheld Land 08-Jul-2021

Summary: We will not investigate Mr Y’s complaints about trespass and the determination of his boundary because these are matters which we consider should be settled by the courts. Furthermore, the matter has been ongoing for more than 12 months and Mr Y could have complained to us sooner. We will not investigate Mr Y’s claim for criminal damage because we cannot determine whether a crime has occurred and there are other agencies better placed to investigate. Mr Y also complains about other related matters, including the Council’s conduct and its handling of his complaint, but we have not investigated the underlying complaint so we will not investigate the related matters. However, we have investigated the Council’s application of its policy about ‘Unreasonable and Unreasonably Persistent Complainants’ and in our view, there is fault causing injustice to Mr Y.

Dacorum Borough Council (21 002 518)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Land 07-Jul-2021

Summary: Ms X complained about the Councils refusal to sell her a plot of land which she wants to build a house on for her parents. We will not investigate this complaint because there is insufficient evidence of fault which would warrant an investigation.

South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council (21 000 902)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Land 21-Jun-2021

Summary: Mrs X complained about the Council’s decision to stop maintaining bushes outside her home which she says are Council property. We will not investigate this complaint. This is because there is insufficient evidence of personal injustice which would warrant an investigation.

London Borough of Sutton (20 011 097)

Statement Upheld Land 03-Jun-2021

Summary: Mrs X complains about the way the Council managed a compulsory purchase order on land that she owned. The Council has already acknowledged it was at fault for not paying Mrs X for the land in March 2016 and has agreed to pay interest from the purchase date. The Council has agreed to apologise to Mrs X and make a financial payment to remedy the injustice caused.