Mr. Terence Coskeran:

I daresay there are probably several of them around the country. It beggars belief. When I was getting threatening enforcement letters from the council around 2013, I believe these may have been sent out to me because there was a fear that the estate might not be finished, that I might have walked away from it, that I was in financial difficulty or that it might never be done. This was not the case. When I had the means, I finished it and I therefore thought they had been badgering me so they could take charge of the estate.

I sent off the form and when I heard nothing back, I thought it was it brilliant because they were supposed to get back me within a month, but nobody got back to me. I thought it was happy days. I got a letter from them eight months after I had sent in the application, which was nearly two years since the memorandum of understanding was signed to say, to say that they were processing my application. That indicates to me that they were looking at this. Suddenly, I got a letter a few weeks later to say that they cannot, because a memorandum of understanding signed on 8 December 2015 prohibits them from doing it. Surely, they knew this when they received my application. Why would they be telling me eight months later that they were processing something that they knew, according to themselves, they could not take in charge?

That beggars belief. How can a national body say that it is sorting something out and then eight months after receiving a request, it suddenly realises that it cannot do so? That is a terrible injustice to an individual. All I want is for this to be taken in charge and then I can live the rest of my life in peace. I do not want to pass on a legacy to my children, through no fault of my own. For me to have to pass it on to somebody else is a dire situation, as far as I am concerned.