Next Door's Cheek

MeteredOut

Sea_Shell said:

Do we even know that this "van" IS a vehicle?

Not just a trailer.

Well the OP called it a van

"He let his neighbours keep their hot dog van on his drive for 'a few weeks', "

GDB2222

user1977 said:

Albermarle said:

monkey-fingers said:

Smalltownhypocrite said:

Send them a letter listing a date to have it removed by (say 1 weeks time), if not removed by then it becomes abandoned property and you can report it abandoned and scrap it.

Sadly, that's also not the law in this case.

That's only the case if you don't know whose vehicle it is and you have done everything you possibly can.

OP: Too many barrack room lawyers in here. I'd get proper legal advice. This is a can of worms.

You are correct that the proper way would be to get proper legal advice, and not rely on internet forums for such advice.
However in such a relatively mundane matter, practicalities and the physical reality of an old van on your drive, would probably lend itself to a cheaper solution than employing lawyers.
Like pushing/towing it into the road.
I really can not imagine that the owners of the hot dog van would be given the time of day by the police,or would even bother going to a solicitor themselves.

Hence why this (non barrack room) lawyer enquired about the value of the van, as it doesn't sound like anybody is proposing to scrap something of a value worth litigating over.

Unless it’s a total wreck that hasn’t moved for years, it’s going to be worth quite a few £k, so I don’t think just having it scrapped is likely to be a practical solution, unfortunately. 

Forgive me asking you, as a non barrack room lawyer, whether the op is a bailee, and   https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/32  applies?

Chief_of_Staffy

The commenters seem to have a lot more interest in removing the van than the OP, who seems to have forgotten about the whole thing, but practically speaking the chances of being prosecuted for towing the damn thing into the street are nil. Which police force is going to investigate that? Get a forensics team out to examine the tyre tracks and swab DNA from the tow bar? You could send in a video of yourself doing it and they'd still not prosecute.

Sea_Shell

MeteredOut said:

Sea_Shell said:

Do we even know that this "van" IS a vehicle?

Not just a trailer.

Well the OP called it a van

"He let his neighbours keep their hot dog van on his drive for 'a few weeks', "

...and they also said

"if there wasn't a brake on the wheel we would drag it round to their drive ourselves"

Doesn't sound like a "vehicle" to me.  

flaneurs_lobster

Sea_Shell said:

MeteredOut said:

Sea_Shell said:

Do we even know that this "van" IS a vehicle?

Not just a trailer.

Well the OP called it a van

"He let his neighbours keep their hot dog van on his drive for 'a few weeks', "

...and they also said

"if there wasn't a brake on the wheel we would drag it round to their drive ourselves"

Doesn't sound like a "vehicle" to me.  

Can speculate all we like about the nature of the drive blocker, only person who can answer this question (and the many others) is the OP who described their predicament on the 19th inst. and hasn't been back since.