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Old_Git

if a vehicle is parked on the footpath can it be considered off road for tax purpose

societys_child

Old_Git wrote: »

if a vehicle is parked on the footpath can it be considered off road for tax purpose

If you own the footpath - most probably.

If it's a public footpath - definitely not.

BTW Did you mean SORN?

cajef

According to the DVLA website to SORN a vehicle it must be in a garage, on a drive or on private land.

If it is on a pavement or footpath that is a public place it must be taxed.

AdrianC

societys_child wrote: »

If it's a public footpath - definitely not.

If it's a public footpath, it shouldn't be parked there anyway...

BTW Did you mean SORN?

I have a feeling the typo may be apposite.

Rover_Driver

A SORN would not be valid if the vehicle is on a footpath that is part of a road, and that road is maintainable at public expense.

arcon5

When is a path ever part of a road.

pappa_golf

a road continues upto a property edge

Rover_Driver

arcon5 wrote: »

When is a path ever part of a road.

It depends, if it is a path like a footway along a road, and considered to be part of that road, it may be, if not, it may not.

force_ten

Rover_Driver wrote: »

It depends, if it is a path like a footway along a road, and considered to be part of that road, it may be, if not, it may not.

so in that case can you drive along the footpath because it is part of the road ?

Gloomendoom

force_ten wrote: »

so in that case can you drive along the footpath because it is part of the road ?

How would you define a road?

macman

Whatever the legal distinction 'twixt road and footpath, a footpath adjacent to a road is clearly not going to be either a drive or garage, and rarely private, so SORNing it on there is not possible.