Blocking access to public highway - by parking in front of THEIR drive

jrtfan

Take a look at the following link, maybe it could be a good starting point for you:

http://www.problemneighbours.co.uk/parking-disputes.html

Best of luck.

50Twuncle

Why don't you just wait for the neighbours to go out - and park your own car, across your driveway (in a similar position to how they park theirs) and leave it there for a few days, they may then realise how difficult it is for you to access your drive.....

dannyrst

Couple of things:

1) If your drawing is accurate and you live on a cul-de-sac, where is the turning point at the end?

2) If the answer to the above is that there isn't one, I'd consult with your local council regarding getting some double yellow lines down. Around me, all cul-de-sacs have double yellow lines around the turning point to ensure any cars can turn and get back up the road. Seems sensible that your road should have the same too.

3) Your neighbour isn't necessarily the problem. If they park their car outside their drive and nothing is parked opposite, then they aren't causing an issue. If a car then comes and parks opposite them, that car is the one at fault and causing you issues. You'd need to keep this in mind if you wanted to take this further with letting agents etc as they could argue that they only parked there when the other side of the road was clear.

jrtfan

It sounds like double yellows on the opposite side of the road to both of your houses might solve this problem for you. But are there more houses on the opposite side of the road and would putting down lines then rob the occupants of a parking space outside of their homes?

Also, is your road a very narrow one? From your drawing, it looks like there are just 2 lanes and enough space for 2 cars to pass one-another.

SillyOne

Hi, thanks for all the replies. There isn't a turning area at the end, but there is a small area next to the raised kerb (opposite) which leads to garages but people sometimes park in there too. The garages are for the houses opposite (but they prefer to park outside when they can - the spaces opposite are also taken up with the same neighbours' cars often, as they have 4 or 5 cars regularly parked!)

It is fairly narrow, 2 cars can pass but not loads of extra space on each side.

Bettie

I didn't think anyone could park over a drive with dropped kerb at any time. Isn't it there for disabled access to cross roads as well as access to a drive? I know if my neighbour parked over his and I parked over mine there would be nowhere for the disabled to come off the pavement and we would rapidly be reported and fined.

SillyOne

Bettie- I thought it was illegal too, but we were told by the police (101) it isn't necessarily? Confused now!

custardy

Bettie wrote: »

I didn't think anyone could park over a drive with dropped kerb at any time. Isn't it there for disabled access to cross roads as well as access to a drive? I know if my neighbour parked over his and I parked over mine there would be nowhere for the disabled to come off the pavement and we would rapidly be reported and fined.

What do they do on a street with no drives?

bod1467

custardy wrote: »

What do they do on a street with no drives?

Such streets wouldn't likely have dropped kerbs, so no offence would be committed?

Bettie

It's dealt with by the council now. I believe there are slight differences according to your own council but here it is definitely an offence with I believe a seventy pound fine .