Northumberland County Council (24 008 077)

Statement Upheld Land 07-Jul-2025

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint the Council has not maintained a piece of land. That is because this dispute about responsibility and ownership is best considered by the courts.

Swindon Borough Council (24 020 315)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Land 16-Jun-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s property lease agreement with a private firm from over 10 years ago, its agreement to sell land to the firm, and a conflict of interest regarding that sale and its planning authority role. The lease issue is late, there is no good reason to investigate it now and investigation would not achieve a worthwhile outcome. There is not enough evidence of fault in the conflict issue to justify an investigation. There is insufficient significant personal injustice to Mr X caused by all matters complained of to warrant us investigating. We also cannot achieve the outcome Mr X wants from his complaint.

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (24 021 699)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Land 09-Jun-2025

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint that the Council should pay compensation for property damage and personal injury which occurred as a result of its handling of a land transfer. It is reasonable to expect the complainant to pursue a court remedy instead.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (25 001 497)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Land 28-May-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s decisions about the management of land it owns because there is insufficient evidence of fault in its decision-making and because we could not achieve the outcome Mr X wants.

Bedford Borough Council (24 007 643)

Statement Upheld Land 28-May-2025

Summary: Ms C complained on behalf of her client Ms D, that the Council did not honour a commitment it gave that she could move on to a pitch at a Gypsy and Traveller site. We upheld the complaint, finding the Council should not have withdrawn its offer to Ms D. Its actions caused her distress and meant she missed an opportunity to move on to the site. The Council had recognised fault in its communications with Ms D. It had apologised and offered a symbolic payment. But we considered these measures did not adequately remedy Ms D’s injustice. The Council accepted our findings and agreed to increase its symbolic payment to Ms D and allocate the next available pitch at the site to her. It also agreed to consider a series of concerns we highlighted about its existing allocations policy as part of a review of that policy.

Rother District Council (24 021 578)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Land 14-May-2025

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council refusing to include the complainant’s land in its Brownfield Land Register. There is insufficient evidence of fault in the way the Council reached its decision, and we cannot achieve the outcome the complainant is seeking.

Bristol City Council (24 022 134)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Land 14-May-2025

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint the Council has not taken appropriate enforcement action against encampments. There is not enough evidence of fault to justify our involvement.

London Borough of Hounslow (25 000 805)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Land 06-May-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s response to his request relating to a secured access point. The Council’s actions has not caused Mr X a significant personal injustice.

High Peak Borough Council (24 019 074)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Land 22-Apr-2025

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about issues related to the Council’s attempts to acquire land from the complaint. This is primarily because it is reasonable to expect the complainant to have contacted us sooner, and to continue to raise his freedom of information concerns with the Information Commissioner. We also could not achieve a worthwhile outcome for the complainant in relation to the Council’s handling of the negotiation process.

Dorset Council (24 021 072)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Land 22-Apr-2025

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about land ownership. This is because the complaint is made too late.