Summary: Mr X complains the way the Council has decided to dispose of some of its land has resulted in a significant financial loss to the public purse. The Ombudsman cannot investigate as this complaint affects all or most of the people in the Council’s area and so is outside the Ombudsman’s legal remit.

The complaint

1. Mr X complains the way the Council has decided to dispose of some of its land has resulted in a significant financial loss to the public purse.

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The Ombudsman’s role and powers

2. We cannot investigate something that affects all or most of the people in a council’s area. (Local Government Act 1974, section 26(7), as amended)

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How I considered this complaint

3. I have considered what Mr X said in his complaint.

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What I found

4. Mr X complains the way the Council has decided to dispose of some of its land has resulted in a significant financial loss to the public purse.

Assessment

5. The claimed injustice arising from Mr X’s complaint affects all or most of the people in the Council’s area and so the complaint is outside our legal remit.

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Final decision

6. My decision is that the Ombudsman cannot investigate Mr X’s complaint about the disposal of land as the injustice affects all or most of the people in the Council’s area. The complaint is therefore outside the Ombudsman’s legal remit.

Investigator’s decision on behalf of the Ombudsman

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Investigator's decision on behalf of the Ombudsman