Council tree stopping me getting off driveway

NQManchester

If it’s like where I live some delinquent kid will probably come along and needlessly rip the tree out anyway 🤷‍♀️

DairyQueen

If you were previously driving over the grassed verge when you exited your drive, then the council may have planted the tree specifically as a measure to prevent (more) damage to the verge.

Regardless of the above, if this is a council-owned grass verge then I think you have zero hope of the tree being removed.

emma_here

A few more pics

emma_here

Sunsaru said:

canaldumidi said:

It's hard to see from the photo, but I'm dubious that the tree is obstructing the dropped curb.

You are expected to access your drive via the dropped curb, not by driving over any part of the raised curb on either side of it.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I suspect that due to the limited turning circle of your van, perhaps exacerbated by parked cars opposite, you have been starting to turn your vehicle as soon as you leave your drive (rather than when you reach the road) with the result that you end up crossing the pavement and bumping down the raised curb on one side or the other?

Unfortunately that is not permitted. If that is the case, I suspect the new tree is only preventing you from undertaking this non-permissable manourver.

Were you to drive straight forward to the dropped curb and then start your turn, you would a) not hit the raised curb and b) not hit the new tree.

The solution may be to get a smaller van or one with a tighter turning circle, or to do some kind of 3 or 5 point turn onto the road.

You may find a sympathetic council official willing to get the tree moved but I wouldn't hold your breath......

^^ This.

From what I can, what used to be grass is now a bald patch where someone keeps driving over it to get out of their drive. Although I sympathise with you, you've actually been getting away with it for 7 years and now the party is over.

No - i did zero damage, i am very careful. They dug the whole verge up in the entire neighbourhood to lay cables for superfast broadband and shoved the trees in shortly after

Sunsaru

emma_here said:

A few more pics

So those tyre tracks aren't yours then?

emma_here

I think my solution will be to park my car opposite and move it when i need to get out

Sunsaru

emma_here said:

I think my solution will be to park my car opposite and move it when i need to get out

That is probably your best shout 👍🏾

emma_here

yes but when it is grass it makes little impact becaus i can often get off the drive without touchin The grass 

emma_here

I am quite precious about the council verges! I was thinking the other day how i bought grass seed this year to make it fuller and now they dug the wole
bloody pavement up

emma_here

The twit next door does more damage wheel spinning his cars in and creating a mudbath, oh and  did i mention his pigeons that crap everywhere hahahaha. Therapy session right here 😝