Huge Residential Parking Problems

Rtype

ffacoffipawb wrote: »

Can the flat owners not park strategically to block her in?

Unfortunately not as directly behind the spaces is the access road to 2 of the residential car parks.

It wouldn't make a difference anyway as she never uses the car!

bazster

You could try to get the council to tow it away. The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 gave them the power to remove cars parked without authorisation on private land. Might be difficult to persuade them though, and I imagine it would have to come from the management company.

I'd be inclined to buy an old wreck and park it in her space in the dead of night, having removed the number plates so she has no chance of finding out who it belongs to.

Alternatively, maybe, for once, the management company does need to get a PPC in! I feel dirty saying that, eugh! But if they did it in consultation with the flat owners they could easily come up with a scheme to ensure you guys didn't get ticketed, only the baddies.

It is an offence to immobilise a vehicle on private land with the intention of preventing its removal. However, if all of the spaces were "bollarded" at the same time then it would be pretty clear that there was no such intent, it's just unfortunate that her car (parked without authorisation) just happened to be there when the bollard was installed. This could be emphasised by delivering a notice to all the houses a week or two before the bollards were installed warning them that it was going to happen.

Guys_Dad

bazster wrote: »

Alternatively, maybe, for once, the management company does need to get a PPC in! I feel dirty saying that, eugh! But if they did it in consultation with the flat owners they could easily come up with a scheme to ensure you guys didn't get ticketed, only the baddies.

Trouble is that if the baddies then came on here whingeing, we would probably help them.

bazster

LOL! True!