If you want to know if Hyndburn Council own the land you can email them and ask using
[email protected] others have done that on here and had replies fairly quickly. Emails get passed onto the correct department and you will get an answer from an officer who could answer your questions about work done and you can report damage if it is HBC land
The email is from the Council contact us page here
http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/site/scripts/contact.php