Council putting double yellow lines outside my house

Hedgehog99

I'm afraid this is why, as long as I have a car and/or visitors, I would always want to know I have private off-road parking to accommodate them because councils and developers simply cannot be trusted - they will fail to mention future plans such as your yellow lines at the time the buyer is deciding.

You could try contacting some of the residents in there area you would be told to park - if they feel their spaces are already at capacity, they won't want more cars vying for spaces there either.

If local public transport is rubbish, there's another argument there to justify your need for vehicle ownership, although the expected number of cars per property should have been considered at the planning stage and the developer forced to provide spaces. Find the original planning applications & responses online on your local council's website.

Good luck.

MaebyJade

Thanks everyone, a lot of really helpful advice. Lots of questions/things to think about which i hadn't considered. I'll definitely get a hold of the original planning and see if the parking restrictions had been planned from the start.

I'll do my prep work today and go to the consultation meeting. I'll post an update/out come from that and see what happens after.

Once again, really appreciate all the advice given here.

LandyAndy

MaebyJade wrote: »

No, unfortunate not.

If that is an access road then I don't think it is unreasonable for it to be 'no parking' given its narrowness.

LandyAndy

z1a wrote: »

Just wondering what a semi detached terrace is?

A longer terrace?

Jackmydad

LandyAndy wrote: »

A longer terrace?

:rotfl: (Although it took a moment to sink in)
Or of course it could also be a terrace with two houses in it. . .
Good luck to the OP. That access road does look narrow for parking though.

Manxman_in_exile

DoaM wrote: »

I also had never heard of a semi-detached terrace.

End-terrace .............. that's how I've always known them, and how they've always been called. Except I guess that the new description is meant to try and make them sound more upmarket.

I agree that I'd always known them as end-terrace and think it's a more accurate description. Only realised that a lot of sellers describe them as semis when we were looking for a semi.

AdrianC

Manxman_in_exile wrote: »

I agree that I'd always known them as end-terrace and think it's a more accurate description. Only realised that a lot of sellers describe them as semis when we were looking for a semi.

End-terrace... You have one party side wall, and one external side wall.
Semi-detached... You have one party side wall, and one external side wall.

The neighbours are their own problem.

getmore4less

Looking at the picture that was a problem in the making, either parking traffic or restrictions.

if it was known it would be adopted then a poor purchase choice for anyone with a car expecting to park outside.

iltisman

I would sell the place and get a house with garage and drive.

almillar

I've never heard of a semi detached terrace, just an end terrace but there you go.
OP, do you talk to any of your neighbours and do you know their opinions on the proposal? Have there been any access issues to date? Oil lorries, moving lorries, deliveries, ambulances etc?
Surely the ultimate compromise where 2 sides of a street are to be double yellowed, where everyone has been happy with the current arrangement, would be to double yellow only ONE side of the road, presumably the one without houses on it?