Neighbour blocking my drive

pompeyrich

landmark wrote: »

Through an injunction
Not necessary to 'dig up' the pavement to erect a sign. Sign can be attached to a wall or gate.
Like I stated, that is up to the County Court, who will make sure that special provision can be made for the disabled.

It would be, for most people with half a brain:think:

So your 3 simple steps now involve, getting injunctions, County Court rulings and attaching signs to other peoples property. Not saying it couldn't be done but still can't remotely call them simple.

I believe the Local Council have control over side streets, which I'm assuming this street is as it seems very narrow, so a call to them would be my first calling point, there are laid down regulations regarding disabled parking bays

Notes about applications for a Blue Badge parking bay
Entitlement to an on-street parking bay:
• [FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]the provision of an on-street bay is not automatic [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Arial,Arial]

[FONT=Arial,Arial]• the applicant must be the holder of a valid blue badge [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Arial]• the applicant must have a permanent and substantial disability, which means being unable to walk, or have considerable difficulty in walking any distance [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Arial]• it may be necessary to approach your doctor [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Arial]• the applicant must not have a suitable off-street area available to park [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Arial]• the vehicle must be kept at the address [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Arial]• to be filled in by the Badge Holder (if the badge holder cannot do this someone else may do so on their behalf but the details must be given as though the badge holder is completing the form) [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Arial]• providing false or misleading information is an offence. [/FONT]

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landmark

pompeyrich wrote: »

So your 3 simple steps now involve, getting injunctions, County Court rulings and attaching signs to other peoples property. Not saying it couldn't be done but still can't remotely call them simple.

• Why make it complicated then? Its simple when a method is followed in the right order. Sadly, you failed to state it in the correct order.
• Secondly, if a tenant erects or attaches a sign on council property, or housing association or private property, the tenancy contract usually requires that one would ask permission first, and if not bound by a contract, anyone with common sense would as a matter of course.

pompeyrich wrote: »

I believe the Local Council have control over side streets, which I'm assuming this street is as it seems very narrow, so a call to them would be my first calling point, there are laid down regulations regarding disabled parking bays

Fair enough; but my suggestion was under the assumption that one had already attempted to resolve this matter with the council.

roddydogs

Why not tell us the width of the Van, the Road, and your drive?

Jon_Tiffany

WestonDave wrote: »

Still don't understand how you can't get a car into a 10ft drive (is that seriously the width - you could parallel park in that!) unless there is literally no footpath.

I agree - I reckon I could get a car onto that driveway. I just cant see how the access can be that restricted.

There are always two sides to a story, everyone should bear in mind that we are only hearing one version of events. Without a photo no one can say for sure.

I think its a case of the parked van making it difficult to park on the drive, not a case of access being blocked.

pelirocco

LilacPixie wrote: »

OP I'm struggling to visualise why a van of the size of a transit parked on the opposite side of hte road is preventing your use of your driveway. Do you drive a particularly big/long car which means you can't get it turned or is the road very narrow??

Is access totally blocked or is parking difficult? if difficult is it just difficult for you?? Not meaning to be cheeky but if you are not used to having a drive could you do with a brush up on your reversing skills?

We live in a narrow cul de sac anyone parking on the road can make it very difficult to get on and off drives . I find driving down to the end , turning round and approaching my drive from the other side helps , but then we have a very wide gateway and weve not had a van parked directly opposite

stef73

Could you park across the front of your drive ? Would this then block the road with his van on the other side ? . If it was me i would be very tempted to do this and bring the situation to a head but maybe thats just me . We live in a cul de sac which is very narrow . If 2 cars are parked opposite it would block the road . Before a skip wagon widened our gate it was hard to reverse out of our drive if the person opposite was not parked half on kerb . Now the drive is 3 foot wider its fine . Even though i have always reversed into the drive

Barny1979

stef73 wrote: »

Could you park across the front of your drive ? Would this then block the road with his van on the other side ? . If it was me i would be very tempted to do this and bring the situation to a head but maybe thats just me . We live in a cul de sac which is very narrow . If 2 cars are parked opposite it would block the road . Before a skip wagon widened our gate it was hard to reverse out of our drive if the person opposite was not parked half on kerb . Now the drive is 3 foot wider its fine . Even though i have always reversed into the drive

The OP could be then done for obstruction themselves.

Bonny1

can you post images ?

jenster

shame the OP never came back to tell us what is happening here ?