Refused visitor parking where I live :(

silvercar

I wonder if planning permission for the block was given on condition that htere were X number of parking places provided on the basis of at least one per flat. Maybe the council (your councillor?) could put pressure on the block management to allow provision for some visitor places.

The most practical solution would be to find a neighbour who doesn't use their space all the time and come to an arrangement. It does seem that parking spaces are at a premium and having chosen not rent a flat with no provision you cannot change your mind later on.

me4bargains

KittyKate wrote:

I don't understand why I'd ask the council that - it's nothing to do with them, it's a private apartment block. The council aren't refusing my inlaws a permit.

Oops sorry. I mis-read the situation.
£100 a month for parking is extortinate but basically there is nothing you can do because the land is privatley owned and you have signed a tenancy agreement.
I would go with what another person suggested and maybe cheekily ask one of your neighbours if you can 'borrow' their space for a couple of hours.

clairehi

Are the management company allowed to put double yellow lines on the road? Seems a bit odd. If your DH's parents are elderly and have trouble walking far, can they get a blue disabled badge for the car which would allow them to park on double yellows. My MIL has just got one.

starlite_2

Not just subletting but resident permits are reg. no specific, so you couldn't simply 'borrow' someone elses.
Our neighbours actually found having paid a full years resident permit, and then buying a new car two months later , the permit was void and non transferrable and they had to buy a new one. It's shocking really.

There's much to be said for public transport.

Thefunkygibbons

^^^ that surely is an unfair contract term

Unbelieveable

KittyKate

silvercar wrote:

It does seem that parking spaces are at a premium and having chosen not rent a flat with no provision you cannot change your mind later on.

That's a little harsh. There is a car parking space for each apartment. We chose not to pay £100 a month for a car parking space because we cannot drive and don't have a car! I'm not 'changing my mind', I still don't want a parking space! But since no-one else parks in the one I don't rent, is it too logical to suggest I might be able to arrange visitor parking for my relatives when I'm perfectly willing to pay £5-£10 for the day?!

Anyway, as I said before when we first moved in the cul-de-sac was not double yellowed so we didn't even need that. Now we're being told if we want visitor parking, even if we might only use it for five hours a month, we have to pay £1200 a year. I don't think it's totally unreasonable to want to live somewhere and occasionally have a visitor, but if you had to walk from the council car park 15 mins away, in the rain or whatever, to your apartment (which isn't flipping cheap!) passing 200+ car park spaces, wouldn't you be peeved!?

dougk_2

Firstly are you sure the Cul-de-sac is privately owned (i.e. a private road)? If its not then the council are responsible for it and would therefore have control over the double yellow lines and had them placed there and would subsequently enforce the regulations. If its a privately owned cul-de-sac then the landlord / managment company are responsible for enforcing the yellow lines and you as residents as a group may be able to persuade them to place visitors parking there instead.

Debt_Free_Chick

KittyKate wrote:

I don't think it's totally unreasonable to want to live somewhere and occasionally have a visitor, but if you had to walk from the council car park 15 mins away, in the rain or whatever, to your apartment (which isn't flipping cheap!) passing 200+ car park spaces, wouldn't you be peeved!?

Well, yes, I think many of us would, but it's a sad fact of life that some people face this with their own car - let alone that belonging to a visitor. No-one is guaranteed a convenient parking space, unless they buy the land to put it on e.g. a driveway to a house - or rent one, as your landlord requires. Even areas with Residents' permit parking often don't get a visitors space. And sometimes the Residents' permit is not transferable to a visitor or any other vehicle.

There's simply too little land and too many cars in the Country to be able to accommodate parking spaces for everyone who wants one, in the place they want it to be.

Unfair? Probably ..... but that's the way it is - sorry