Shared wide access to drive

Titchvic

Our Driveway is shared by 3 houses. Beyond that is the pavement, then a large grass area with wide concrete access across it, then the road. My query is, someone is parking on the wide access bit. This is not technically owned by me, but is blocking half the access to our drives and garages. Am I in the right to ask him not to park there? He's basically parking on the pavement bit between the path and the road, so it's not my land, but is part of our shared access. However we could squeeze one car past
Sorry, it's difficult to describe!

HampshireH

Some one as in a random stranger or as in one of the three who have a right of acces to this shared driveway?

Titchvic

A random stranger - I have a feeling it might be the guy across the road but I'm not certain. It's not one of us 3 as I know all our cars.
Would that make a difference if it was one of us parking there?

davidmcn

Titchvic wrote: »

Would that make a difference if it was one of us parking there?

Well, you would at least know who to complain to! And your title deeds might say something about obstructing the road. Do they?

sevenhills

Titchvic wrote: »

Our Driveway is shared by 3 houses. Beyond that is the pavement, then a large grass area with wide concrete access across it, then the road. My query is, someone is parking on the wide access bit. This is not technically owned by me, but is blocking half the access to our drives and garages. Am I in the right to ask him not to park there? He's basically parking on the pavement bit between the path and the road, so it's not my land, but is part of our shared access. However we could squeeze one car past
Sorry, it's difficult to describe!

So it belongs to the house owners or the council? Too many cars these days, the council are unlikely to be bothered.

moneyistooshorttomention

It's a Right of Way by the sound of it in your road.

It is not allowed to park on a ROW - except temporarily to "load or unload" people or goods.

So they are in the wrong doing so - as they are (partially) blocking your ROW. The phrase that gets used is causing "substantial interference".

AnotherJoe

Yes you are right. I would start with a friendly word and then a solicitors letter if that doesn't work, it may cost but it will be worth it to nip it in the bud.

Cakeguts

Tell them that they are blocking access should a fire engine or ambulance be required at your house or one of your neighbour's houses. Most normal people when they realise what they are doing would not park there again. If it continues then you will have to take action a different way.

moneyistooshorttomention

Cakeguts wrote: »

Tell them that they are blocking access should a fire engine or ambulance be required at your house or one of your neighbour's houses. Most normal people when they realise what they are doing would not park there again. If it continues then you will have to take action a different way.

Or maybe, if all else fails, the local fire station would tell this neighbour that the fire engine would be likely to "smash its way through" to get to where they needed to go if it came to it.

Certainly, on an everyday level, I know from experience that even just one house could need a noticeable number of large lorries delivering items there - as mine certainly has since moving here. Add there are 2 other houses in your road that will also need for large delivery lorries to be able to get to them as required. How do the dustbin lorries manage to come up your road?

Sounds like all 3 of you need to do a joint approach to the neighbour in question - and I agree that it is most likely someone very nearby (probably the person across the road) that is the culprit.

Hopefully, they will see sense or realise "two can play at that game" and they might find themselves getting blocked in in their drive at regular intervals or that you have "taken action in a different way" as Cakeguts puts it;)

trailingspouse

If you don't know who it is, or don't want a face-to-face confrontation, just leave a note on the windscreen. Or put up a 'Private drive, no parking' sign.

xylophone

Is the concrete access area owned by the council?

Check and if so, request "no parking" signage on the area?

If owned by the three houses, arrange your own signage?