Dropped Kerb - unusual question

flea72

But if you widened the dropped kerb, you would be able to do the maneouver outisde your own house, as your whole frontage would be clear. Whats stopping your coming in from the other direction?

kiddy_guy

Impossible unfortunately for 2 reasons.


There's a big signpost in front of where you'd have to drop the kerb, and secondly the car nose points to the right of the front window. If it was pointing into the left (so approaching from another angle) then it would be parked directly in front of the front door - to the extent you would not be able to enter the house.

getmore4less

Basically you are saying you don't have a parking space on your property

kiddy_guy

No - if I was saying that I'd be saying " I don't have a parking space on my property".


The rationale for asking the question regarding legality will either confirm I have an issue or not.

flea72

So, you need a smaller car then?

When was the dropped kerb put in? And when was PP obtained? Because based on your predicament, your driveway isnt actually big enough to fit a car on, with clear access, so im suprised the local council installed it

gik

kiddy_guy wrote: »

....Basically they're being lazy and don't want to park round the corner on a nearby road...

Could you not park round the corner?

kiddy_guy

If I had a smaller car, I could fit it on the driveway straight, but even going out straight, their parking means complete lack of visibility when backing off. That however is not the point of what I'm asking.


The drop kerb has been there for years and years. However I assume (and the point of the thread is clarity) that the drop kerb and parking were allowed because there is an H box across the front of both properties prohibiting parking. Whether it prohibits the owner of the property to not park across their own part is quite simply the question that needs answering.

specialboy

How would you get onto your drive if next door didn't have a dropped kerb? I think we could possibly help you more if you could put a screenshot of streetview showing your property in relation to next doors, for privacy reasons you can edit out any street names.

specialboy

kiddy_guy wrote: »

If I had a smaller car, I could fit it on the driveway straight, but even going out straight, their parking means complete lack of visibility when backing off. That however is not the point of what I'm asking.


The drop kerb has been there for years and years. However I assume (and the point of the thread is clarity) that the drop kerb and parking were allowed because there is an H box across the front of both properties prohibiting parking. Whether it prohibits the owner of the property to not park across their own part is quite simply the question that needs answering.

H bars are only for guidance, you can legally park across someones driveway with their permission so if the neighbours are parking across their own driveway then no offence is committed.

kiddy_guy

Thanks - I can drive onto my drive without using their drop kerb - just using mine - but I need the road space to be able to access. I can do it without their space, but it's a manoeuvre and a half.


Can you point me to any rulings that say you can legally park on a dropped kerb with the owners permission? Technically the owner of the road is the council? There's plenty of examples of people being ticketed for it.