SORN OK for vehicle in private car park?

Aretnap

If the car park is indeed used by the general public then in theory any cars parked the have to be insured. In practice though I suspect the police are very unlikely to be interested in an uninsured car which is parked in a semi-private place and not actually being driven on the road.

If the deeds do give residents the right to park there and don't include any conditions about tax then there is, in practice, probably nothing the management company can do sorry of trying to change the deeds. If the deeds are more vague about parking rights then the management should be able to impose and enforce restrictions if they want to.

Have to day that if I wasn't using my car for a few months because I was unwell or between jobs I'd be pretty peed off if my management company suddenly decided I couldn't Park it outside my flat. OTOH if they're just rust buckets which haven't been used for years then it sounds reasonable to ask for them to be moved.

missile

The issue is not a car where the tax on a resident's car is out by a month or two. The issue is with those which appear to be dumped ... possibly by non residents.

The knock on effect is there are fewer spaces for residents who are then forced to park e.g. on emergency access routes.

We have written to DVLA to ask for clarification.

Aretnap

If the cars have been dumped by non-residents that's quite different. They can be removed by the local authority after the owners have been given chance to remove them themselves, unless the cost of getting them to the nearest road would be unreasonably high (likely in a field in the middle of nowhere, unlikely in a residents car park). The Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 seems to cover it, or here or here in plain English.

Owlman45

Hi, a couple of weeks ago a white van with DVLA logo's pulled up outside where I had parked, guy passenger side jumps out and checks my tax disc I managed to get out and ask what they were doing and this was the reason given. What I did not like was the guy had tried to open the passenger door and they soon cleared off when challenged so were they genuine or not?
I had several old tax discs in holder behind the current one and had parked front in on a visitors parking area in public estate so be warned even if you are legal they are checking!

Ultrasonic

Owlman45 wrote: »

What I did not like was the guy had tried to open the passenger door and they soon cleared off when challenged so were they genuine or not?

Sounds dodgy - I'd have been wanting to note down the registration number of the van to pass onto the police in that situation.

paddedjohn

Aretnap wrote: »

If the cars have been dumped by non-residents that's quite different. They can be removed by the local authority after the owners have been given chance to remove them themselves, unless the cost of getting them to the nearest road would be unreasonably high (likely in a field in the middle of nowhere, unlikely in a residents car park). The Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 seems to cover it, or here or here in plain English.

If the land is private property the local authority can only remove abandoned cars with the written permission of the landowner who must also take responsibility for any claims.