Parking outside your house....

SarahNeedle1872

I hope someone here can help in the 'discussion' that my mother and I have been having.

She lives in a dead end street, very near to a shopping centre. There are houses on one side of the road, and the backs of peoples gardens on the other. This side also has double yellows from end to end, and half way up the road, a turning for the cul de sac containing the other houses (hope that all makes sense!?)

The issue is that people that work in the shopping centre keep parking outside her house, meaning when her husband gets home from work at 3ish, he cannot park outside teir house. She's had a few arguements with people parking there, and now half the street have taken to putting their recycle boxes out in the road! There are no drop curbs along that side of the road

Where does a householder stand with regards to the piece of road outside their house?? In my mind, as its a public road and their are no parking restrictions in terms of permits req etc (other than the yellows on the other side), anyone can park there. She reckons as its her house, she's entitled to put her box out if she wants and stop others parking there.....

Any input would be gratefully received

Sx

mcjordi

well as its a public highway she has no legal right to park outside her house unless theres a dropped kerb allowing her to get onto her property
if the car is taxed insured mot'd then they can pretty much park where they like subject to parking restrictions etc
personally if someone was stopping me from parking with a box then i would move said box or run over it..

kalaika

I'm with you on this one. I can understand that it must be frustrating for her that the road is always used by workers from the shops, but she has no right at all to say that she/her husband is entitled to park outside her house. It's not her land and so has no control over it.

If it's that much of a problem, get her and the other residents to contact the council about putting in some form of parking restrictions to allow residents using permits only.

I also agree with mcjordi. If I needed somewhere to park and the box was taking up a space, then I would just move it and park there.

daveyjp

Your ownership extends to your boundary until such time as the road is closed (probably never).

You are then into residents parking zones but that means trouble for whoever lives in the street when they have visitors!

RobertoMoir

Unless something special is in place, all the users of the street have as much right to park as each other. No more or no less. The cuckoos, sadly, have as much right to park there as residents.

BFG_2

You're goosed.

In fact I'm surprised the council or police haven't been around about your mum littering and/or blocking the highway.

BFG_2

If I saw recycling boxes 'discarded' on the side of the raod, I'd collect them up as they are quite handy for storing stuff in or for rubbish.

That way I'd save the council the cost of collecting this fly tipping and help keep the roads clear. A double whammy!

flyingscotno1

daveyjp wrote: »

Your ownership extends to your boundary until such time as the road is closed (probably never).

You are then into residents parking zones but that means trouble for whoever lives in the street when they have visitors!

An aside- but in Scotland your ownership extends to the centre of the road even when the road is there and it will show as such on plans- the right of way essentially 'borrows' the land from the holder. When the road is stopped up you'll get all the land to the middle back.

In this instance the OP friends are on a hiding to nothing. It is a public road and anyone who has paid to use the road can do so and that includes parking. Nobody has a right to parking outside their house unless they have a driveway. Only way around it is a residents parking scheme which is a cost. Most usually come with visitor tickets.

C_Mababejive

She has no rights unless there is a dropped kerb which would permit vehicular access to her premises.

Blocking the road is an obstruction of the highway.
Maybe get on to the council to try and institute a residents parking scheme or make sure all the spaces are taken?

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SarahNeedle1872 wrote: »

I hope someone here can help in the 'discussion' that my mother and I have been having.

She lives in a dead end street, very near to a shopping centre. There are houses on one side of the road, and the backs of peoples gardens on the other. This side also has double yellows from end to end, and half way up the road, a turning for the cul de sac containing the other houses (hope that all makes sense!?)

The issue is that people that work in the shopping centre keep parking outside her house, meaning when her husband gets home from work at 3ish, he cannot park outside teir house. She's had a few arguements with people parking there, and now half the street have taken to putting their recycle boxes out in the road! There are no drop curbs along that side of the road

Where does a householder stand with regards to the piece of road outside their house?? In my mind, as its a public road and their are no parking restrictions in terms of permits req etc (other than the yellows on the other side), anyone can park there. She reckons as its her house, she's entitled to put her box out if she wants and stop others parking there.....

Any input would be gratefully received

Sx

Remind her its a public highway and she doesnt own the road.

DCFC79

Isnt the home owner entitled to park outside they're own property, dont they have more of a right than the shopping centre staff,