Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (24 017 504)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Highway adoption 26-Feb-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s refusal to remove an obstruction from a footpath. There is not enough evidence of fault by the Council and any investigation by us is unlikely to achieve a worthwhile outcome.

Oxfordshire County Council (24 003 543)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Highway adoption 07-Jan-2025

Summary: We will not investigate Ms X’s complaint about the Council’s response to parking issues on private land because we cannot achieve the outcome Ms X is seeking.

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (24 010 707)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Highway adoption 21-Nov-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about alleged discrimination against the complainant by granting a license for a gate across a private lane, the sale of Council owned land and delay in responding to correspondence. The complaint is late, and we have seen no reason to exercise discretion and investigate. Nor do we consider the complainant has suffered a significant personal injustice.

Essex County Council (24 006 645)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Highway adoption 20-Sep-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s involvement with highway alterations in relation not a planning application. The application has not yet bene determined and Mr X would need to challenge any decision affecting his property by way of the courts.

Milton Keynes Council (24 006 355)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Highway adoption 15-Sep-2024

Summary: We cannot investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council not taking responsibility for the maintenance of an access road leading to the school for which she works. Mrs X has brought the complaint on behalf of the school, which is a public body created for purposes of public service. We cannot investigate because the law prevents us from investigating complaints made by public bodies.

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (24 006 094)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Highway adoption 11-Sep-2024

Summary: We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint about the Council’s refusal to adopt the road outside his property. The courts are better placed to consider this complaint.

Somerset Council (23 017 567)

Statement Upheld Highway adoption 01-Sep-2024

Summary: We found fault on the complaint of Mr J, Ms K, and Mrs L. The Council failed to secure a bond under the Advance Payments Code of £5,300 against one property. The agreed action remedies the injustice caused.

Leeds City Council (23 014 523)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Highway adoption 07-May-2024

Summary: Mr X complains about the Council’s delay in taking action to ensure its adoption of his road. We will not investigate the complaint because past events fall outside our jurisdiction due to the passage of time and with regard to more recent events, we are unlikely to find evidence of fault by the Council sufficient to warrant an investigation.

Essex County Council (23 017 015)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Highway adoption 08-Apr-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s decision to take action under highways legislation against Miss X over her closing of an alleyway with a gate. There is insufficient evidence of fault which would warrant an investigation.

Durham County Council (23 012 849)

Statement Closed after initial enquiries Highway adoption 06-Mar-2024

Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council not adopting a road. There is not enough evidence of fault to justify our involvement.