Nowhere to Park outside Own Home

eliza2811

Sorry if this post is in the wrong place,  I totally don't where to put it.  It relates to parking as such.

So basically, I live in a house on a street where there is a secondary school across the road and a primary school up the road.  Now the council wants to make changes to the street and part of those changes include some sort of pedestrian crossing directly outside my home.   Also, there is a proposal for 'No Waiting at Any Time' section so cars can't park outside my home, my neighbours home, the next neighbour and so.  So the children don't have to cross between parked cars. Fair enough! They pay more attention to their phone than the road anyway !! 

Neither my home or my neighbours' have driveways and can't have them put in due to the houses being joined together and quite close to the pavement anyhow.

So we can't park our own cars in front of our own homes at ANY time or across the road during the daytime where there was road parking, due to a 2 hr waiting rule monday to friday 8am to 4pm that will come into force later this year.

Across the road also, there is a small car park and this will be only 2 hrs waiting time monday to friday 8am to 4pm later this year.    Not everybody works 9am to 5pm hours. My husband doesn't infact.  This car park is there because of the local church mainly and is currently free to use for any time.  Residents of the street use it quite often as never been told they can't.  Its first come, first served at the weekend.

I have already sent a rather strongly worded email to object and say why I am ojecting (mainly we will have nowhere to park our car once changes take place). I understand we don't own the road outside our house but I pay my damn council tax.    What else can I do ?   I don't wish to move house.  I am sure that the house will be de-valued somehow anyway with a school crossing outside and no street parking .

Any advice please would be grateful.  Thank you.

Half_way

Unfortunately, as you are finding out you have no rights over the ability to park, or not on the public highway .

 likewise with the church car park, who allow people to use their land to park on as a courtesy .

 The council tax aspect will have nothing to do with it .

 All you can do is complain to the council and team up with other residents that share the same concern , depending upon the council it may also be possible to attend a council meeting , and even be able to put our point forward , ie chair of School road residents association

Ms_Chocaholic

Do you have any space to park at the rear of your property?

hangryconsumer

Write a letter to the council to object with regards to the plans and also write a letter to your MP. I don't know if both of those are the same thing.

Did you move into the house before or after the school was built? Didn't you foresee that there would be parking problems at your house as a result of the school? You may not find my comment particularly helpful but I have viewed houses around school finish time and found the parking issues on the street a reason to not live in the property. A lot of people have a school just down the road and not only will the parents clog up the roads driving them to school but they will also clog up the roads outside our houses. It's just the way our towns and cities have ended up as a product of society being the way it is.

eliza2811 said:

Neither my home or my neighbours' have driveways and can't have them put in due to the houses being joined together and quite close to the pavement anyhow.

The practical aspect is interesting. There might be a possible solution here.

theoretica

Could there be residents permits for the car park (and/or roads) to exempt locals from the 2 hour waiting?

hangryconsumer

theoretica said:

Could there be residents permits for the car park (and/or roads) to exempt locals from the 2 hour waiting?

Yes there could, and these are often at the request of residents, who have to pay for it.

eliza2811

We've been in the property 20 years. Schools were already built then. To be honest, the school traffic has never bothered us.      Due to leaving for work before the school traffic arrives and getting home just before it arrives, its mostly been OK.  So I'd say there's no problems with parking at all.    Even less in school holiday time lol   

Can't park around the back of house as no access.  Even our wheelie bin comes through a passageway under the 2 houses.  

I will ask the council about exemption and permits next week. 

Thanks for all your suggestions 😊