We recently bought our house, and after a bit of exploring found tucked away in a hidden corner of our street is a derelict playground. It’s a terrible hazard, jagged metal and broken and rotted wood everywhere. I contacted the council to let them know, and they informed me that it was private land, and whoever I paid to maintain the land around my house is in charge of it. However we don’t pay any factor fees and no one maintains any shared ground – some houses maintain the land there to them others let it grow wild. This playground is quite small and at the far end of the street from me but is part of the same housing development so I guess I am liable if a child hurts themselves or worse on it? Never mind I have three kids of my own under the age of 6....
The houses either side of it won’t own that land - I’m not going to go knocking on their door about it in case I make a name for myself as the woman who wound up making the whole street pay factor fees! You see I do want to do something. I’m willing to pay my share but I would feel terrible if a child hurt themselves there. I just want it demolished. What do I do? Is the council not obligated to demolish it in absence of a factor? Or if there is a factor , how do I find out who it is? There’s nothing I can see on my paper work