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Neighbour demanding right of access over my property

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  • TELLIT01
    TELLIT01 Posts: 18,634 Forumite
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    Having right of access to adjoining property in order to maintain your property is pretty common but that is somewhat different.
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    edited 29 June 2020 at 9:27PM
    TELLIT01 said:
    There is a difference between right of access over a property and the owner of said property not being able to use it for their own purposes.
    If the right of way forbids obstruction through parking upon it, then a land owner cannot decide to ignore this just because they own the land.
    However, at this stage the OP doesn't appear to be sure there is a RoW, so in their shoes  I'd ask the neighbour for evidence before complying with any requests to re-position vehicles etc.

  • Norman_Castle
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    Kmo27 said:
    My neighbours claim into have a right of access over my drive, however they do not need it as they have complete access to their house on their own land.
    Not needing it because they have alternate access doesn't mean a right of way doesn't exist.
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