Neighbour Parking dispute

MSaxp

we both have 2 cars. one in the driveway, one on the road. 90% of the time, his is parked outside his house, but I cant agree he has any entitlement to it, like I don't have any to the spaces closer to my front door. We all want to park as close as possible, when it doesn't happen, tough

Mercdriver

Guest101 wrote: »

1: no they wouldn't. Please provide evidence in the form of a criminal prosecution.
2: No you dont. It is sufficient if you feel harassed (i dont agree with this, as it's subjective, but that is the law)
3: It can be a one off event, the police actually prefer to tackle these issues early on to prevent a long and drawn out investigation.
4: yes they are actually, thats what neighbourhood policing teams do.
5: can i suggest you refrain from posting on things which you have little understanding. Instead use the time to build up knowledge of said things.

I used to be a local authority councillor so used to deal with these kinds of issues all the time. The police will prioritise according to how serious they think things are, there are only a finite amount of resources available. The aggressive way of dealing with it that Marktheshark suggested is likely to make things much much worse. Increasing confrontation levels with neighbours does not help it's counterproductive.

Marktheshark

Can you park first outside your own house without causing an obstruction and take a picture to prove the other people parked later causing the obstruction ?
Do what he asks, if the roads not wide enough, he should have thought about it.

RS2000.

Mercdriver wrote: »

I used to be a local authority councillor so used to deal with these kinds of issues all the time. The police will prioritise according to how serious they think things are, there are only a finite amount of resources available. The aggressive way of dealing with it that Marktheshark suggested is likely to make things much much worse. Increasing confrontation levels with neighbours does not help it's counterproductive.

So you wouldn't be charged with wasting police time?

alleycat`

If it should be annoying anyone it's the beemer (in this instance) making it difficult for the car on the drive to turn left (assuming that's not your drive?).

If anything it just highlights the poop job that planning departments do with newer housing estates.

=rizla=

This photo looks very similar to an estate I know, parking is a nightmare, with people parking on roundabouts, pavements etc. The plans looked great for one part of the estate, tree lined roads, wide pavements etc, the reality with 1 parking space per house is very different.

MSaxp

We don't really have a huge problem. So I was really surprised to see the note

Mercdriver

RS2000. wrote: »

So you wouldn't be charged with wasting police time?

I'll accept that here was a bit of hyperbole on my part because I felt that marktheshark was giving what i felt to be bad advice which would be counterproductive...

[Deleted User]

I blame the council and the developers. They never provide enough parking when they build new housing estates. You just have to look at an "artist's impression" diagram of what a finished estate will look like and you'll see half a dozen cars next to three dozen houses which only have a driveway for one car each. When in reality every house will have 2+ cars.

They cry that we should use more public transport and all that jazz. 1. Public transport is rubbish and doesn't get me to where I want to go at the time I need to be there. And 2. Back in the olden days most people lived near where they worked. Especially in ex mining towns like mine, now everyone has to commute away for work.

lisa110rry

Could I tell you what happened in our case in just these circumstances?

One of our cars was parked around the corner on the public highway of necessity though I can't now remember why, perhaps we had visitors.

I had a visit from a policeman - in uniform - telling me to move the vehicle as it was too near the junction. I asked what was too near, he said whatever he decided it to be.

Transpires, he lives around the corner and his neighbour was constantly on at him about people parking alongside his house. This irritated the policeman and the easiest thing to do was threaten me with action.