Neighbour building a drive onto private road

Numpty22

Not sure if right category-
I live on a private road where each houses boundaries stretch across the bit of road behind their house. Each house uses the bit of road behind their house to park (the front is a footpath so this is the only place to park).
There is a house on the adjoining main road (which is a public road) who have a double drive and usually park their third vehicle on the main road in front of their drive. The side of their back garden fence borders with the private road but they do not live on it. They have started parking a vehicle where I usually park and have stated it is because they are building a large gate and drive so they can also have a drive in their back garden. 

Although they are within their rights to build a drive as far as I know, they would be driving over private property every day to access it and taking away at least two parking spaces. The local council have said it is a private road with no right of access for this resident and we would be well within our rights to carry on parking where we have been even once their gate is built but I can see this leading to daily confrontations and stress. 

Unfortunately the council won’t get officially involved as it is a private matter, and taking a legal route is expensive. The resident has been dismissive and sometimes aggressive when talked to. 

What, if anything, can be done in this situation? 

Grizebeck

A drive which isnt porous (ie tarmac) requires planning permission btw...
Is there any easement or anything in the deeds to show they can cross your land
A legal does not need to be expensive

Numpty22

The other residents on the street have right to cross the land but this resident doesn’t as they live on a different street (their home just backs onto my street but their access has always been from the front).
Thanks for the tip about planning permission, at this stage unsure what they’re using but definitely don’t have planning permission. 

Half_way

Physical barriers such as gates, barriers, bollards should help.
Likewise installing a fence across their driveway onto the land  will also help.
 That is assuming they have no rights of access, or easements etc

Numpty22

In response to half way
we were thinking of putting in one of those parking posts that lie down when you’re parked and then you can put up and lock. As it’ll be on my private land they can’t forcibly remove this or do anything?

theoretica

Do you have legal protection on your insurance?

35har1old

Grizebeck said:

A drive which isnt porous (ie tarmac) requires planning permission btw...
Is there any easement or anything in the deeds to show they can cross your land
A legal does not need to be expensive

Might only apply to a driveway unto a public road
Does not require planning for example if porous Asphalt used and rain water to be run to lawn or flower bed

Coupon-mad

Numpty22 said:

In response to half way
we were thinking of putting in one of those parking posts that lie down when you’re parked and then you can put up and lock. As it’ll be on my private land they can’t forcibly remove this or do anything?

That sounds fine.

The_Slithy_Tove

Who actually owns this private road and any verge there may be between the road and the properties adjoining it? Is it jointly owned by all the residents, or some other ownership? If this person intends to start using that road as their access, and they have no existing right to do so, then surely they could be stopped from doing so? But it's the owner of the land in question that would need to take any relevant action.

user1977

Numpty22 said:

Not sure if right category

Not really - you'd probably be best to ask to move it to https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/categories/house-buying-renting-selling

sevenhills

Numpty22 said:

In response to half way
we were thinking of putting in one of those parking posts that lie down when you’re parked and then you can put up and lock. As it’ll be on my private land they can’t forcibly remove this or do anything?

Buy a scrap car and park it there, you need to do that next week. Take the wheels off, this is going to get ugly unless someone takes action. Or you can just let them use your private road?