Parked in front of Driveway

esmerobbo

I cant see what the problem is if the cars are just dropping off, maybe a different matter if they are stuck there all day, but even then are they committing any offence, if not parked on a yellow line, dropped kerb, or any other restriction.

The natives may not like it but as long as its legal.

Another point when you have a quite word with the someone at the police station, if the limo actually moved, driving over a kerb that has not been lowered is an offence!

esmerobbo

Coupon-mad wrote: »

So if it's Council decrim parking there, why was a PCSO getting involved in a civil matter of a driveway which isn't their remit?

C-M I don't think a CEO would have issued a PCN for this, it looks like a PCSO has been instructed to enforce illegal parking but got this one wrong.

Unfortunately if someone at plods manor doesn't rescind it I don't think I would risk the beak for the sake of £30.

mumps

esmerobbo wrote: »

I cant see what the problem is if the cars are just dropping off, maybe a different matter if they are stuck there all day, but even then are they committing any offence, if not parked on a yellow line, dropped kerb, or any other restriction.

The natives may not like it but as long as its legal.

Another point when you have a quite word with the someone at the police station, if the limo actually moved, driving over a kerb that has not been lowered is an offence!

Well it depends on the circumstances, I live in a small cul de sac, we have a similar arrangement to the road the OP parked on, no pavements and we have increased the size of our drive, not as big as the one shown, and council said we don't need to pay for dropped kerb and kerb is low like the one shown.

Residents have complained about parking for two reasons, my neighbour has a chronic health condition, she is rushed into hospital on a fairly regular basis and on more than one occasion an ambulance has been unable to turn into our cul de sac as parents park so badly. The second issue is having bins emptied, on the route we are on our bins are collected between 3 and 3.30 on a friday afternoon. Again badly parked cars have meant the dustcart couldn't get into our cul de sac. My neighbour has had a parent park on his front lawn!

iliko

mumps wrote: »

Well it depends on the circumstances, I live in a small cul de sac, we have a similar arrangement to the road the OP parked on, no pavements and we have increased the size of our drive, not as big as the one shown, and council said we don't need to pay for dropped kerb and kerb is low like the one shown.

Residents have complained about parking for two reasons, my neighbour has a chronic health condition, she is rushed into hospital on a fairly regular basis and on more than one occasion an ambulance has been unable to turn into our cul de sac as parents park so badly. The second issue is having bins emptied, on the route we are on our bins are collected between 3 and 3.30 on a friday afternoon. Again badly parked cars have meant the dustcart couldn't get into our cul de sac. My neighbour has had a parent park on his front lawn!

Again we need to distinguish badly and unlawfully parked cars. To avoid problems like you described the residents of the close raised the issue back in 2007 and borough did extend the yellow line to allow cars to turn easier (See my earlier post).
I agree it is much easier to drive/turn/u-turn/manoeuvre/start-stop when nobody else on the road but paying our taxes for PUBLIC roads we have equal rights and this is matter of different topic.

iliko

Today's picture of the alleged driveway - https://s3.amazonaws.com/pushbullet-uploads/ujyq9RZnVBs-ZJUzXruY8qBHOWN0KeCW44EATICZHCK0/IMG_20140501_085144.jpg

Guys_Dad

You continue to try to justify your parking based on the premise that you were not parked by a dropped kerb whereas you are being ticketed for obstruction.

You obviously were away long enough for the warden to come down from the top of the road, book you, stick the ticket on the windscreen and disappear, all of which time the limo was blocked in. There is no compunction for driveways to have dropped kerbs.

It doesn't matter at the end of the day what side of the fence any of us are on, it is up to you to pay the charge or follow the various bits of advice on here as to what you can do as far as appealing the charge. Clearly, a successful appeal would be of interest to the contributors of this forum.

mumps

iliko wrote: »

Again we need to distinguish badly and unlawfully parked cars. To avoid problems like you described the residents of the close raised the issue back in 2007 and borough did extend the yellow line to allow cars to turn easier (See my earlier post).
I agree it is much easier to drive/turn/u-turn/manoeuvre/start-stop when nobody else on the road but paying our taxes for PUBLIC roads we have equal rights and this is matter of different topic.

Well according to the council where I live you can extend driveway as in the OP and then you would be blocking a driveway if you park across it. So if you park on the PUBLIC road where I live and block my drive you might well get a ticket. Seems relevant to the topic to me.

Is there a reason why PUBLIC has to written in capitals?

I don't understand about equal rights? Do you mean equal rights to block other people's driveways? I don't think you do have a right to do that but that is equal with everyone else.

mumps

iliko wrote: »

Today's picture of the alleged driveway - https://s3.amazonaws.com/pushbullet-uploads/ujyq9RZnVBs-ZJUzXruY8qBHOWN0KeCW44EATICZHCK0/IMG_20140501_085144.jpg

Same as mine, approved by council as a driveway.

xbethanyx

Dropped kerb or no dropped kerb, why on earth did you think it was acceptable to park like that in front of a car, regardless of whether or not you think it is being used? I would not block someone in anywhere even if I thought I had a right to park there or not. If that was my driveway, you would have came back to more than a parking ticket. It's just plain rude.

iliko

mumps wrote: »

Same as mine, approved by council as a driveway.

Can you please tell me how that approval looks like? Is it a public document obtainable from a council or a verbal thing?