Parking dispute

Sophie_r89

Hoping someone on here can help.

I live in a terrace property, there are 5 properties in total and I am second to the end. At the rear is an unadopted lane; at one point this would have been a through lane but this is no longer the case and vechiular access ends at my neighbours.

Next door have a hard standing instead of a yard and for the past two years I have parked in the lane. I recently got new neighbours and we have become embroiled in large dispute about the parking. They have two cars which they park on the hardstanding. We had words when they moved in so I started to park at the front on the main road. However the lady I bought the house off wrote a disclaimer to say she had parked at the back for 13 years without dispute. Today myself and my boyfriend have cut the grass and hedges in the lane and I have parked right up against my property(not blocking any access) This evening my neighbour and her two cars arrived back home and then decided to go out again. They arrived without a problem as I have not blocked any access however the issue came when she was trying to leave. In order to get out she has to do a three point turn(maybe more like six, the space is limited) however she refused to use the space and cane and asked me to
Move my car stating I was blocking access. I explained she had plenty of space and her driving and car size were not my issue, she stated she didn’t want to damage the paint work on her 20k car. Blah blah we had words and I moved in the end but my point is that I’m not blocking access as she was able to get in and if she used the space correctly she could have got out.

The road in question is unadopted and we don’t know who owns it. We are the only two houses who can really park there given the angle of the lane.

I’m hoping I have given enough detail in order for someone to offer some advice. Would much appreciate it!

DUTR

Doesn't matter what we say, it sounds like it's shared space and you are both on a power struggle.

ChrisK....._3

The lane is not your property and clearly defined as shared access which you're making it difficult for your neighbors to use. You need to park on your property or round the front where's it is not an obstruction

spiro

Why does she need to do a 3 point turn, just reverse out of the lane. Giving access means a car can drive there it does mean they have to be able to do a 3 point turn. I live at the end of a cul de sac and cars park on both sides leaving just enough room to drive up the middle.

Deastons

I used to live on an unadopted road. All the people that lived there thankfully got on and parking was fine. But commuters started to park on the road and on one occasion a car was parked on the road on a day we'd paid to have a company resurface the road - they couldn't do the work with the car there.

We called the police, they turned up and said there was nothing they could do as it wasn't a public road (they wouldn't even give us the details of the driver so we could contact them and ask them to move). They said we could move the vehicle but if we damaged it the owner could come after us.

The bottom line - if it's unadopted there are no rules, regardless of how long you or the previous owner has parked there or who maintains the road etc. The only answer is to get on with your neighbours.

AdrianC

What do your "deeds" say about the lane? I bet they say that you have right of way for access. Parking is not access.

Let's see some pics of the road, with where you were parked clearly marked.

EmmyLou30

If you need parking and have the garden space to do so why don't you make a hard standing like the neighbours? Then you're not parked in the lane. I'd also be pretty annoyed if I could see that you had the ability to make the exact same off road parking provision but instead chose to park in a narrow lane obstructing my easy access to the drive.