Council tree stopping me getting off driveway

Sunsaru

Soot2006 said:

OP, as it's a 3.5t van you could also just park it on the road, opposite your driveway. Keep the car on the driveway. 

That's one way to annoy the neighbour opposite...

daveyjp

The problem is people parking opposite driveways (which is selfish), not the tree.

jimbog

daveyjp said:

The problem is people parking opposite driveways (which is selfish), not the tree.

Too many residents having dropped kerbs leaves little room for others to park on the street

theartfullodger

Park somewhere else, obviously.  

emma_here

Cheers everyone!

so to clear a couple of things up, that motorhome IS my daily drive. I don’t work much and I like having all my stuff and dogs with me wherever I go even locally. The car is for netball and tip runs typically as I use my bike too. 

I would never have known i need to apply for a wider drop kerb 7 years ago, it’s my first house and thankfully never had dealings with the council. Apart from the £1400 i pay them every year on council tac of course …

There is no way on earth i park a 30 grand motorhome on the road for the d heads around here to knock it to bits 😝. I need to fill it with water and load offload clothes food etc. This is my drive and i will find a way believe me. Thanks for all your tips guys I appreciate it greatly 😚. My neighbours are lovely people and I expect them to park outside their own property but I will be parking my car outside my property a lot more now. I used to park it up the road to give them the space outside their house knowing I don’t use my car much and what’s wrong with walking a few extra steps each day eh.

i am just flabbergasted at the small minded minds of council stuff. When i called the other day they wouldn’t put me through to the person in charge because they were working from home!! I said it must be easier if they are wfh! I work in investment banking and if i hid behind that joke of an excuse i could sell the moho as I wouldn’t have a job!!

emma_here

jimbog said:

Could you not drive in front first or turn left as you pull out by the lamp post?

I can but only if the white car is parked a bit further back

emma_here

Soot2006 said:

I'm  pretty much done with councils these days. I think I would pay a friendly gypsy with a digger to get the tree up and replant it a few metres to the right. The council are hardly likely to measure, especially if you then look after the grass verge proper - reseed it, stop putting tracks on it, etc ....  I have an almost identical situation on my side of the road (with a BT pole) but as we're on a curve one cannot park opposite. I wouldn't be able to pull my van out if anyone did. It would lead to much forwards and back and any idea of sticking to the dropped kerb would evaporate.  I have sympathy!  My BT pole is marked for removal to across the street once it reaches the end of its life. The BT guy who checks them every year is sympathetic and marks down even the smllest damp patches, but he thinks that even with a very conservative assessment of its condition, it had at least 10 years in it.

You feel my pain then! I hope the pole fas soon 🙏 

74jax

daveyjp said:

The problem is people parking opposite driveways (which is selfish), not the tree.

We have a driveway and the people opposite park on the road as they don't have a drive (1 does, the other doesn't). It's not really selfish, they are parking outside their house, just happens to be across from our drive 🙄. 
Or road is narrow, so if we didn't have a drive we couldn't park outside our house, if they were already there. 
My husband drives on forward with the T6 so he can swing out easily, is that an option OP?

emma_here

74jax said:

daveyjp said:

The problem is people parking opposite driveways (which is selfish), not the tree.

We have a driveway and the people opposite park on the road as they don't have a drive (1 does, the other doesn't). It's not really selfish, they are parking outside their house, just happens to be across from our drive 🙄. 
Or road is narrow, so if we didn't have a drive we couldn't park outside our house, if they were already there. 
My husband drives on forward with the T6 so he can swing out easily, is that an option OP?

Backing out my van with the cars streetlight and tree is something i never tried as reversing is much harder with the visability. I could try it i guess but i need the back doors at the house to load up really and i already hit the house once reversing hahaha 

lookstraightahead

Section62 said:

lookstraightahead said:

Why are trees being planted so close to the foundations of houses / driveways of properties? Do they have targets / boxes to tick? The roots will be pushing up the pavement in a few years.

For street trees councils generally now only plant species which have a low water demand (giving some thought to climate change), and a deeper root system.  So problems with damage to foundations and footways/road surfaces should be minimal.

Although there are targets and boxes to tick, contrary to popular belief not all people working for councils are stupid.

Who said they were all stupid.

Op, just out of interest, what type of tree is it? Might be worth a chat with the dept responsible to check it's not going to affect your view pulling out either.