Parking outside own home in a 6 house cul-de-sac......?

Half_way

do those drivers built onto gardens have dropped kerbs?

Gr1pr

Its Not "Your spot " , its a standard council authority street, you dont have a legal right to that space, but the current implied designation is that the neighbour needs access to their current driveway

My sister has a similar access at the entrance to her corner house, a now privately owned ex council house, with similar kerbs, the need to drop a kerb exists where there is a raised pavement, like my sons

The boundaries of the actual land ownership will be a matter for solicitors and the Land Registry

theartfullodger

Anybody with car is entitled to park anywhere that it's legal to park.e.g. outside next door or in a road 1/2 mile away with space to park (eg no yellow lines, no dropped kerb). Nobody (nobody ) has an absolute right to park outside "their" house.

Best wishes to all

Section62

Its Not "Your spot " , its a standard council authority street, you dont have a legal right to that space, but the current implied designation is that the neighbour needs access to their current driveway….

I'm not sure it is a 'standard council authority street'. As all the houses were council houses then it could be an 'estate road'. Or possibly just an 'accessway'.

The rights - if any - for people to drive their cars onto (and park on) their front gardens will depend on what rights were granted - if any - when the properties were sold into private ownership.

Therefore the first thing to find out is what legal status this road-like area has. If it is highway maintained at public expense then there would be no right to park on it (in this case). If it is something else (but owned by the council) then the council could grant rights to specific people to park there.

Albermarle

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81886749#Comment_81886749

There are regular threads on this forum about similar disputes about boundaries, driveways, neighbours and parking rights, so probably as good a place for this thread as any.

OP - You may have noticed all your images have been removed. It is for your own security, as it is telling everyone where you live.

Herzlos

What a mess. Number 5 should never have been allowed to build anything on number 4's garden.

The first thing to do is let number 5 know that you need your land back for parking, as per the deeds. Include a copy of the deeds and a copy for the landlord. If there's a fence up then give them a reasonable notice to remove it.
Can you get parked if you have your full plot back?

In terms of the law, you can park anywhere on the street that isn't marked otherwise or causing an obstruction. No-one actually owns the road outside of their own house.
That said, dealing with screaming neighbours is going to be a nightmare. The only thing you can do there is placate them, ignore them, or involve the council and police about the anti-social behaviour. Both will probably just tell you to not antagonise them.

General_query

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81886833#Comment_81886833

If that was for me, yes, the first two properties have dropped kerbs (diagonally sloping on left and right hand side) sloping from the pavement to the road.

General_query

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81886880#Comment_81886880

What about when it's outside your own house but does hinder access to the driveway of the people who have moved in next door and now want to park on their drive?

General_query

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81886883#Comment_81886883

Section62

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81886905#Comment_81886905

You still need to check this specific area is highway maintainable at public expense. The "street" is, but that doesn't necessarily apply to parking areas and accessways which are adjacent to or accessed from the street.

Does the council have a GIS site which has a layer showing highway extents?