New telegraph pole installed, would like it moved - please help!

Eldi_Dos

goonergaz70 said:

JuzaMum said:

It really irritates me when people park on pavements. It shows a complete lack of consideration for parents with buggys and the disabled. I live in an area with little off road parking. People used to park on the corners which made things very difficult for the bin lorries. Now we have double yellow lines on the corners and if you park on them on bin day you soon get a ticket.

Me too, I hate it - good job we are not parking on pavements but on the grass verge and the pavement is still plenty wide for double buggies etc.

justwhat said:

Sunsaru said:

Sadly there are some roads where you just have to park on the curb. I used to live in a street like that. Luckily the pavement was wide enough so that you could still get a buggy/wheelchair on the pavement. (We had a resident or 2 who used wheelchairs). The main reason for doing so was that it was a bus route as well. No complaints from the residents or pedestrians though you would get the odd Herbert parking so close you could barely get out your front door.

They are parking on the pavement because they are parking on both sides. Double yellow lines on one side of the road would sort that out                              

No,  it will cause other problems - but having said that, this parking is not acceptable as it's blocking the pathways.Section62 said:

Spendless said:

Your description of where your road is, says why you have problems with parking, it's because it's close to certain aminities.

From the OP's description I took it that the lack of parking was due to it being a local authority estate originally which wasn't provided with (adequate) off-street parking when built.

This is a common problem - many of these estates were built at a time when private car ownership wasn't very high, and in many cases assumptions were made about the affordability of private cars to the people occupying LA homes.

Times have changed, and not only has the affordability of private cars become easier, the need for people residing in the estates to own and use a car is often greater than in other (less affordable) areas within the locality.

It ca be a real issue, and I can see why the OP is concerned about the loss of further parking opportunity (albeit one which isn't strictly allowed perhaps)

Thanks for the understanding and it's nail on the head.

Spendless said:

Is it outside your house? Your first post says 'across the road'. if it's your neighbours then I'd leave them to deal with it unless they  specifically wish you to all join forces in seeing if anything can be altered from it's current position.

Your description of where your road is, says why you have problems with parking, it's because it's close to certain aminities. When I moved to my property over 20 years ago, I knew it was near a school. I checked out the parking in advance. It didn't quite come up to/only came up to my house. 20 years on, there's more cars because the catchment area has expanded due to new builds on sites where previously there was no housing. As much as I can I avoid school run times eg my Nan's funeral left from my house last week, I specifically asked the funeral drectors for a time outside school drop off/collection. My parents didn't want Nan leaving from their place - 2 streets away because they live in a cul-de-sac and knew it had the potential to be difficult.

I'd just  sort out my own life with regards to parking my vehicle. If it impacts on you too much I'd consider moving. 

 TBH I was just seeing if there was a way to object but clearly there is not.

But there is as clearly explained in notice attached to pole and as guided by the installers.

tooldle

Egoonergaz70 said:

p00hsticks said:

Sunsaru said:

Sadly there are some roads where you just have to park on the curb.

You never HAVE to park on the curb.

 You CHOOSE to park on the curb because for whatever reason, you have decided to own a car, live in somewhere with no private parking, and are not willing to walk from wherever you can find a legal parking spot fully on the road to your house.

Do you actually think about the practical implications of this? If everyone did this you push the problem down the line...the long and the short of it is (like the roads) there is not enough capacity to fit the peak demands. Along our street the answer would be to remove the grass verges and widen the road. That would obviously cost significant money, but maybe could be funded by the parking permit scheme...I don't know, just a thought.

This estate was built over 100 years ago now and as such was  never designed for all houses to have cars, let alone 2 or more - it's just the way life has changed.  When I purchased this house 20 years ago I looked into the parking etc and it was very good, now we have an explosion of car ownership and an marked increase in company owned vans...life changes and maybe the design of 100 years ago needs a tweak to keep up with the times.     

I suspect the tweak that is coming to keep up with the times will not be more parking, but more active travel and less car ownership. We’ve not long moved from a similar situation where the neighbouring houses had two cars each originally. By the time we left, one side had three cars for three people, and the other side had four cars and one work van for three people. 

Sarahspangles

I suspect the tweak that is coming to keep up with the times will not be more parking, but more active travel and less car ownership.

This! A hundred years ago there were few cars and people walked or took trams to work. Now - suddenly - lots of people can work from home and taxi/train when they have to go in. So we’re probably past ‘peak car’ already. We’re just at the point where it may be cheaper to use taxis/hired vans than keep our second car.

tooldle

We ditched our only car sometime ago. When really necessary we hire a car. Otherwise, walk, cycle, bus or train. Car clubs have yet to arrive in our area. Far, far cheaper than owning a depreciating asset and no need to be hunting down parking spaces.

theoretica

I am looking forward to self driving cars which can take themselves off out of the way and come when needed - either individually owned or from a communal pool.

baser999

@ theoretica, nice idea but not sure where all these cars are going to be stored when not in use

YoungBlueEyes

Be good if they were hover cars, stored 15ft up in the air.

prowla

p00hsticks said:

goonergaz70 said:

Not for me, and apparently neither the house it lovingly blocks light to.

I think claiming that a telegraph pole blocks light to a house, lovingly or otherwise, is stretching it just a bit.....

A bit of a tall story?

user1977

baser999 said:

@ theoretica, nice idea but not sure where all these cars are going to be stored when not in use

If they're communal then obviously there will be far fewer needed, as people won't have a car sitting around for the 95% of the time they aren't using it. There'll be enough parking spaces already existing. 

prowla

Gavin83 said:

The lack of parking is not a reason to park illegally nor is the lack of parking the problem of the council. I agree with some of the others, if you complain too much I wouldn't be surprised to see double yellows start to appear or a residents parking scheme. 

If you need to park elsewhere you'll have to seek out other parking opportunities or alternatively move to a property with enough space for your cars.

Needless to say this post having removed an illegal parking space is not grounds for objection, nor is a reduction to the value of your property.

Why is it an illegal parking space?