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Fines in private driveways

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  • Unicorn51
    Unicorn51 Posts: 81 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    Once the developer has finished the development and sold all the houses, they won't be interested either.
  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    The missives (Scottish version of deeds/covenants?) for my estate forbid the overnight parking of caravans of work vans.

    This has never stopped anyone doing either of these.
  • The_Slithy_Tove
    The_Slithy_Tove Posts: 4,111 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Rules are
    1. Only one car on driveway
    2. Residents may not park in visitor bays
    3. Visitors must display disk and park for no more than 6 hours
    4. Residents must display permit on driveway
    Says who? Who set these "rules" and in what document?

    Your property deeds set the rules for your freehold, in which there are probably some conditions about what you can and can't do on YOUR land (e.g. you can't park caravans). NOTHING else can put conditions on your use of your land. The deeds may also say something about the communal areas, e.g. that you have an easement over them to access your property, and maybe a clause giving the management company certain rights over how to control ONLY the communal areas.

    The crux is what exactly do those deeds say?
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