Preventing people parking on my property? How?

IfOnly_2

Without the assistance of a PPC I really cannot see any other way, so forgive me if I rattle someone's cage or your on the other side of the fence.......so to speak.


Basically, I own land and am having difficulty stopping people parking on that land. Why do I want to stop them? should it matter really if the land belongs to me?


Long story short.....how do I stop them without enlisting the help of a PPC?


Be interested to know because I want this to be as pain free as possible for all concerned.


Thanks in advance for any advice.......

martinthebandit

Fences and a gate would seem a reasonable answer

Stroma

Try investing in your property, as you have been told previously, its next door to your house so the above suggestion would probably fit!

spacey2012

PPC troll, got his green jacket on Monday and book of fines.

TrickyWicky

Bollards. Does the job every time.

Redx

you do what any landowner would do, take them to court for trespassing, with evidence of course (probably after issuing them with notices of your intentions, ie:- an LBC (LBA) )

the only difference with those PPC`s is that generally they are NOT the landowners and do not have legal contracts allowing them to take people to court (although some ARE landowners as well as parking companies , like NCP)

but as was discussed before, you should be able to fence off your land (providing no bylaws or covenants prevent this)

nobody here condones parking on private land without permission, and as yours is private land and you dont invite the public to park there, clearly they shouldnt , which if they do, is trespass

daveyjp

Call the police. They have legal authority to remove vehicles parked on private land without permission.

Half_way

When you say you own land, is this land, or part if it a car park facility?

One thing that a private car park company can not do is stop people parking in a private car park, putting a ticket on a car or sending the registered keeper junk mail will not magically make a vehicle dis apear, it will still be there, causing an obstruction/blocking something taking up someone else space, as they say prevention is better than a cure, plus you need to factor in the fact that private car parking companies are not some altruistic enterprise,they dont care about the land owner all they want to do is find a profitable site if thats at the expense of harassing those who are supposed to be on that site as well or instead then so be it.

Another thing thats worth looking at is how are people gaining access to park on the land? and what can be done to alter this and improve site security?
Its one thing to have people parking there for an hour or so ( or maybe a day) but having travelers setting up on site is a whole differetn kettle of fish, and i would like to see a parking company be able to deal with that sort of mess.

As for physical barriers to gaining access you could look at fencing, gates bollards and so on, these will stop unwanted vehicles entering and they will improve site security.

patman99

You could dig a trench across the front of the land if you don't want to spoil the view with a fence.

Iceweasel

daveyjp wrote: »

Call the police. They have legal authority to remove vehicles parked on private land without permission.

This is not an answer to the OP's question.

He asked how to stop people parking on his land.

Your suggestion is how to get the vehicle removed after it's parked.

The police wont remove the vehicle anyway, unless it's causing an obstruction.

Try it and see what happens - the police will tell you to ask the driver to move his vehicle - then if he doesn't it becomes trespass and you can sue for damages in a civil court.

That doesn't stop the next driver from parking.

The OP needs to use bollards and or build a fence and gate - after obtaining any necessary planning permission.

marleyboy

Ring a fence around it or build a house on it. Failing that will leave it wide open to such abuse.