Local Government Ombudsman refused to investigate alleged illegal action by Hertfordshire County Council
The Local Government Ombudsman twice declined to investigate Hertfordshire County Council's intentional omission of yellow-lining on the narrow road behind our property, upon which the presence of parked vehicles has caused repeated damage to this property which we have had to repair at our own expense. The Council's actions in permitting this parking also amount to a breach of section 130 of the Highways Act 1980, as large vehicles run over the verge in the presence on this narrow road of parked vehicles, and struggle to enter or to leave our side-street due to these parked vehicles. Eventually, my e-mail address was cut off by Jane Stewart - one of the managers at the Ombudsman, who repeatedly refused to listen. The experiences with the Ombudsman took place earlier than the date shown. But its shocking ruthlessness necessitates recording here. You can see the problem on Instant Google Street View. For instance, if you: (i) place 'SG2 7EU' into the search thereon, then (ii) rotate the view so that the red arrow points up and the white arrow points down, and then (iii) press the lower arrow 12 times, i.e., until '14, Aston End Road, Aston, England' is shown, you can see that large moving vehicles are required to squeeze past the parked vehicles on the narrow Aston End Road in order to pass and also to turn into our side-street (St. Mary's Close). Since its insertion in 2022, the black ball-and-chain fence protects our land from being damaged, although this fence itself has since been damaged many times, and we have had to repair it at those times at our own expense (as we did previously with damage to the verge and corner - which are now behind the ball-and-chain fence).