Van with trailer and digger parked on road!

almillar

Someone must have a copy of their deeds within your development. This is where 'work vans' will be banned. He's disobeying the developer's rules if it's in there. Note that the same deeds probably state that you're not allowed a satellite dish or aerial without prior permission - count the neighbours with those!
But as has been said above, he's causing an obstruction, which is illegal. He has bought a driveway with space for 2 cars, and is using up (let's say) 4 cars' worth of space. If everyone in your development did this, it wouldn't work. It can be explained to him amicably that what he's doing is unfair, and a compromise solution has been mentioned above, parking the VAN in the driveway and the CARS outside, they can be parked more easily without causing an obstruction maybe...

janninew

wealdroam wrote: »

Do we know whether the guy is 'on call' or not?

I'm pretty sure my neighbour is never on call, when he's parked up for the night or weekend, the van doesn't move. He also doesn't use it for personal use.

[Deleted User]

Hate work vans parked up in residential places at night. We used to have an Iceland home delivery van parked at the end of the street every night right half on the pavement on the corner blocking the view onto the main road.

After an email to head office, it stopped parking there at night. Never seen it since.

janninew

almillar wrote: »

Someone must have a copy of their deeds within your development. This is where 'work vans' will be banned. He's disobeying the developer's rules if it's in there. Note that the same deeds probably state that you're not allowed a satellite dish or aerial without prior permission - count the neighbours with those!
But as has been said above, he's causing an obstruction, which is illegal. He has bought a driveway with space for 2 cars, and is using up (let's say) 4 cars' worth of space. If everyone in your development did this, it wouldn't work. It can be explained to him amicably that what he's doing is unfair, and a compromise solution has been mentioned above, parking the VAN in the driveway and the CARS outside, they can be parked more easily without causing an obstruction maybe...

My neighbour has the deeds and has shown van man the relevant section, his answer was that he was given 'special permission.' I'm not sure I believe this! The deeds don't mention dishes or aerials! They do have a large section on hedge control though!

I suggested to him the idea of parking his van and trailer on the drive before all this started to kick off, he has never done this so obviously doesn't want to.

My other neighbours are quite nice and helpful and I don't think they would mind to much if he parked his van and trailer so it wasn't causing an obstruction. Van man has been quite dismissive (not really rude though) and seems to have the attitude that he can park where he likes and his neighbour should be quite happy to knock on his door when he wants to get out of his driveway. As others have pointed out, I'm not sure what happens if van man is out for the day in his own car, or in the shower etc. Should my other neighbour just have to stay blocked in?

I must say I've been quite surprised at some of the comments on here, basically saying get a life, and live with being blocked in! :eek: Van man KNEW the rules and still chose to buy a house on this estate, not like there is a shortage of houses to buy round here. I have no idea how this is going to get resolved, I'm trying not to get to involved. As my hubby pointed out, if you have a dispute with your neighbours, you have to declare when selling, which could make things difficult for us in the future.

Will wait with baited breath to see where he parks the van tonight!

GEEGEE8

The neighbour being blocked in should just leave his own car overhanging the end of his driveway, where the trailer is blocking the driveway, then he can't get blocked in.

Flying-High_2

So what does it say in the deeds as to regards Vans Trailers Digger or Commercial Vehicles/Works vehicles then?

Gordon_Hose

GEEGEE8 wrote: »

The neighbour being blocked in should just leave his own car overhanging the end of his driveway, where the trailer is blocking the driveway, then he can't get blocked in.

The neighbour being blocked in shouldn't have to do that though.

It is completely unreasonable to have to knock your neighbour just so you can get off your own drive.

janninew

GEEGEE8 wrote: »

The neighbour being blocked in should just leave his own car overhanging the end of his driveway, where the trailer is blocking the driveway, then he can't get blocked in.

Not sure that would work, my other neighbour would then have to park over the pavement at the end of his drive and be sticking out in the road to stop van man parking there! Plus he sometimes puts his car in his garage, depending on weather!

hethmar

"I must say I've been quite surprised at some of the comments on here, basically saying get a life, and live with being blocked in"

I think the problem was you didnt explain this clearly in your first post, many people dont read any further before they comment When I read your first post I imagined van man had his van and trailer parked on his own drive and that you and the neighbours objected to the sight of a commercial vehicle. Then it developed that van man has two cars on his own drive and so chooses to park his van and trailer on the road and hence blocks the entrance of the elderly guy the other side. Had you said that in the first place I think people would have understood the crux.

janninew

Flying-High wrote: »

So what does it say in the deeds as to regards Vans Trailers Digger or Commercial Vehicles/Works vehicles then?

My deeds are in the loft, will try and dig them out. I do recall seeing the clause about the vans, I'm pretty sure you are not allowed to park vehicles with advertising printed on them either. I would ask my neighbour who seems to be the most clued up, but I don't want to get drawn in again!