News and Press Archive August 2008

19 August 2008
Ombudsman criticises Canterbury Council over toilet blockages
The Ombudsman recommends Canterbury City Council to pay £2,000 compensation for its four year failure in sorting out a tenant's blocked toilet problems.

12 August 2008
Poorly managed gypsy and traveller site refurbishment project
The Ombudsman found fundamental errors from the outset in Northampton Borough Council’s project to refurbish an approved gypsy and traveller site,

12 August 2008
Disabled tenant could not open heavy communal door
Islington Council, in acting to try and reduce antisocial behaviour in a housing block, failed to consider the needs of disabled residents when it installed a heavy communal door.

08 August 2008
Delay over highway access dispute
Cheshire County Council delayed in taking effective steps to progress a dispute with a couple over part of a highway constructed along the boundary of their property.

08 August 2008
Elderly people suffered “harassment and fear” in sheltered housing
South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council failed to respond to serious complaints made by two elderly residents of a sheltered housing scheme about the behaviour of the Warden.

06 August 2008
Waste bin dispute
Congleton Borough Council consistently failed to collect all of a man’s household waste and, when he asked for a second bin, it made no proper assessment of waste generated by his household.

05 August 2008
School failed to make reasonable adjustments for autistic boy
King’s Grammar School, Grantham, failed to make reasonable adjustments for an autistic boy sitting its 11-plus entrance exam, failing to consider its duties under the Disability Discrimination Act.

01 August 2008
Unreasonable delay over land registry form
A solicitor incurred unnecessary costs as a result of Plymouth City Council's unreasonable delay in completing work to allow his clients to transfer part of their property to their son.