Our old council got very stroppy when agricultural land to the rear of village houses was split up sold to the households. The arguments went on for years, in some cases blocking the sale of the houses and causing an awful lot of stress. Original boundaries had to remain and the grass could only be cut twice a year, which meant a domestic mower couldn't manage and there was no access for the agricultural equipment needed. Nothing was allowed on it and they even got stroppy about planting trees. The underlying reason I think the reason the problems for the owners were made so severe was that the land backed onto a Town Councellor's garden and she, being a rather unpopular local character, wasn't offered any of it.