Shared Access Driveway - Erecting Gates

Geuzzer · 18 April 2016 at 3:58PM

I own half of a shared access driveway and have spkoen to the neighbour who owns the other half regarding having some spiky steel gates erected so that some nuisance kids who live down the street cannot access the driveway.

We are both sick of being constantly on edge at the pitter-patter of them running up and down the driveway on evenings and weekends until late in the evening. They have been know to damage property such as fences when they think nobody is at home in either house.

The question is... the driveway is a point of acccess for neighbours either side of our houses to allow them to move their bins out and one guy (who has a reputation for being awkward and obnoxious) has objected to the gates.

How do we stand from a legal perspective as we actually own the land; he doesn't. He (and the other neighbours will be given a key to the gate), therefore can we erect them as everbody else is keen on the idea apart from the objector?

Thanks in advance.

Quentin · 18 April 2016 at 4:06PM

This is a forum for advice on private parking tickets!

(You need to check the deeds for anything related to access - and if you are allowed to erect a locked barrier, then give all who are entitled access the code to open the gate)

EdGasket · 18 April 2016 at 4:26PM

The deeds won't of course tell you ; they never have that sort of detail in.

You are best off trying to get the difficult neighbour on-board with your proposals and if you can't you'll just have to say that the majority of affected persons are in favour so it is going ahead. Then let him sort out the legal side. Of course he might take more direct action; only you know the likelyhood of that!