Parking vans at home

Errata

Pls be nice to all MoneySavers. There's no such thing as a stupid question, and even if you disagree courtesy helps.

I'm appalled at the discourtesy in some posts on this thread. Calling the OP a fool is rude and unecessary.

point3

If the OP wanted to live in the middle of an industrial park or an NCP car park, then I'm sure that they would have bought a house there :rolleyes: . He/she has a right to enjoy their home and surroundings, and inconsiderate parking such as described does damage the character of the area, making it less pleasant for all.

vansboy

Agreed!

& the fact that the house holder, who is practising this sort of Moneysaving, by not having the vehicles stored at a commercial premisies, is making other business owners subsidise his operation! 'cos it's not very likely he's paying business rates, wheras sooooooo many of other business are!!

VB

lazy_tiger

capita_guy wrote: »

I think I can post whatever is relevant to the issue. I see nowhere on this site saying it has to be positive.

From the site FAQs.

"And remember…. Be nice to your fellow MoneySavers

Martin"

SplanK

it might be best if the OP explained *why* having clean vans on a drive way is causing degraded quality of life... i can understand if they were parked on the road blocking access... but on their own drive way!?!!?!?!?!

at a property we have moved into recently, 2 doors away is a bright yellow van and a digger.... next door sometimes park their car on the roadway even though there is space on the drive way....

sometimes i park there even though there is space on the drive way as I am unable to get the 2nd car off if the first is in the way.... my other car is a company car - Nissan Note in silver with bright blue company stickers all over it... I dont work from home - i just bring it home!!!

another neighbour near me also has a loud car which sometimes starts rather early at the weekend- yes it wakes me up - but again im not going to run out there kicking and screaming - i may think about it but thats as far as it goes...

sometimes there is a need for "give and take".... the people living in that house might work in the same company, or all might require a van to do their respective jobs and may require to take it home.....

sometimes there has to be a bit of give and take and sometimes

I would defo not try and "play games" and place my car in a place that could cause disruption... those type of games can easily be switched around and a "silent" war to start

dont forget - you have to live near these people by complaining then they could be quite nasty back in return...

SplanK

oh - and what if they parked a car there instead - surley you will still be able to see it - so I am unable to see the difference?!

Debt_Free_Chick

emo2506 wrote: »

the vans leave in the morning and return in the evening

Doesn't sound like the property is being used as business premises .... but ...

gazza975526570

There is a bloke in a village i drive through who parks his cab of his articulated lorry on his narrow drive - now thats something to complain about!

planning_officer

I can fully understand why having four vans parked on someone's drive can annoy a neighbour - it's not great to look at. Whilst everyone has to make a living, four vans is excessive. From what the OP says, it sounds to me like this is a material change of use of the premises. Employees parking on the driveway during the day can no way be ancillary to the use of the house as a dwelling - they have no functional connection with the house whatsoever. It is therefore a change of use and would require planning permission. Likewise, four vans is pretty excessive in its own right and could be a change of use.

Basically, anything that is over and above what one would expect to occur at a 'normal' residential property has the potential to be a change of use requiring planning permission. I would say four vans and definitely employee parking falls under that category - if you want to make an issue of it, you should ask the Council's Planning Enforcement section to investigate. Although it depends how far you want to take it and how well you want to get on with your neighbours - even though all complaints are kept confidential, they may guess it's you that's complained, if you've already given an indication that you don't like their parking. You also run the risk of them just parking on the road then, which isn't a planning matter and would be for the police to intervene, but only if the parking is dangerous or causing such an obstruction that it is detrimental to highway safety.

chopperharris

Just how many small business men would do this instead of having a business premises?The others will do the legal route , and end up at the wall sooner what with more overheads.As long as these guys dont play by the same rules , and charge a little less than those that do , then the honest businessman is donald ducked....no doubt other rules , laws , and legislations are being "bent" in the same fashion.

I had a builder neighbour , same thing with vans everywhere.Guy was well at it on so many levels.Used to do jobs , overestimate stock on purpose , getting the punter to buy it was cheaper he would tell them , then take the surplus to slowly do a flip every three years.Result cost him nowt to do up a rough house then sell it as his own.I called him the brick caravan pi -key....double of fred west too.Wonder if he gave a "dag" with every house?

But hey he moved , to a smaller premises , a cell for tax fraud.