Parking Problems
26 March 2007, 08:41 AM
#1
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 897
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Parking Problems
Parking has gradually got worse on and around my road.
The house on the corner or the adjoining road runs a business and always has at least 3 vans parking on our road or directly on the corner.
This makes parking very difficult and pulling out very dangerous.
Is it worth me contacting the council - Will they actually do anything? (zoning laws / Double yellow lines on the corner)
Anybody had anything similar and done anything about it?
The house on the corner or the adjoining road runs a business and always has at least 3 vans parking on our road or directly on the corner.
This makes parking very difficult and pulling out very dangerous.
Is it worth me contacting the council - Will they actually do anything? (zoning laws / Double yellow lines on the corner)
Anybody had anything similar and done anything about it?
26 March 2007, 09:12 AM
#4
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 897
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Not really sure I see the point.
If it's something you might not be aware of then fine.
Parking up to 5 Sprinter type vans on a residential road and blocking visibility is pretty obviously going to upset the neighbours and shouldn't need a chat from me...
If it's something you might not be aware of then fine.
Parking up to 5 Sprinter type vans on a residential road and blocking visibility is pretty obviously going to upset the neighbours and shouldn't need a chat from me...
26 March 2007, 09:14 AM
#5
Fair enough, but its probably better to try and get this solved amicably before you get the council involved.
He might be aware its an inconvinience, but waiting for someone to talk to him about it before he sorts it out.
He might be aware its an inconvinience, but waiting for someone to talk to him about it before he sorts it out.
26 March 2007, 09:16 AM
#6
Scooby Senior
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: RIP - Tam the bam & Andy the Jock
Posts: 14,333
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
If it's a public parking zone and he pays road tax for his vans then he can park where he likes, it may annoy you, but he's doing nothing illegal 
"Excuse me white van operator, can you move your vans as they make our road look common"........ and his answer would be .......
"Excuse me white van operator, can you move your vans as they make our road look common"........ and his answer would be .......
26 March 2007, 09:32 AM
#7
Guest
Posts: n/a
rom the HC:
217: DO NOT park your vehicle or trailer on the road where it would endanger, inconvenience or obstruct pedestrians or other road users. For example, do not stop
* near a school entrance
* anywhere you would prevent access for Emergency Services
* at or near a bus stop or taxi rank
* on the approach to a level crossing
* opposite or within 10 metres (32 feet) of a junction, except in an authorised parking space
* near the brow of a hill or hump bridge
* opposite a traffic island or (if this would cause an obstruction) another parked vehicle
* where you would force other traffic to enter a tram lane
* where the kerb has been lowered to help wheelchair users
* in front of an entrance to a property
* on a bend.
Is he within 10m of a junction when he parks? This is not law as it is a 'DON'T' rather than a 'MUST NOT' but it is advice in the code etc ...
Dave
217: DO NOT park your vehicle or trailer on the road where it would endanger, inconvenience or obstruct pedestrians or other road users. For example, do not stop
* near a school entrance
* anywhere you would prevent access for Emergency Services
* at or near a bus stop or taxi rank
* on the approach to a level crossing
* opposite or within 10 metres (32 feet) of a junction, except in an authorised parking space
* near the brow of a hill or hump bridge
* opposite a traffic island or (if this would cause an obstruction) another parked vehicle
* where you would force other traffic to enter a tram lane
* where the kerb has been lowered to help wheelchair users
* in front of an entrance to a property
* on a bend.
Is he within 10m of a junction when he parks? This is not law as it is a 'DON'T' rather than a 'MUST NOT' but it is advice in the code etc ...
Dave
Trending Topics
26 March 2007, 09:34 AM
#8
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Manchester ish
Posts: 18,547
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
if its on the corner then there is an issue. Vehicles have to be a certain distance away from a corner, cannot remember exactly what it is but think it may be 25 feet
26 March 2007, 10:56 AM
#10
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Dec 2001
Posts: 4,227
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Is he actually running a business from his house - if so there may be restrictive covenants preventing that. Although they could just prevent things like keeping pigs in your garden!
26 March 2007, 11:00 AM
#11
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (3)
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Muppetising life
Posts: 15,449
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I think there are some restrictions on parking commercial vehicles on residential streets/ property.
There is someone on our estate that liked to park a school minibus (and old knackered rusty one) at the side of the road. Its a tranist van, so not that large, but ugly and in the way. People talked with him to no avail. Then the solicitor who lived on our estate pulled out some law regarding the parking of commercial vehicles on residential land and we have not seen him since.
There is someone on our estate that liked to park a school minibus (and old knackered rusty one) at the side of the road. Its a tranist van, so not that large, but ugly and in the way. People talked with him to no avail. Then the solicitor who lived on our estate pulled out some law regarding the parking of commercial vehicles on residential land and we have not seen him since.
26 March 2007, 11:40 AM
#12
Scooby Senior
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: RIP - Tam the bam & Andy the Jock
Posts: 14,333
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
26 March 2007, 01:02 PM
#13
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 897
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
If it's a public parking zone and he pays road tax for his vans then he can park where he likes, it may annoy you, but he's doing nothing illegal
"Excuse me white van operator, can you move your vans as they make our road look common"........ and his answer would be .......
"Excuse me white van operator, can you move your vans as they make our road look common"........ and his answer would be .......
I more concerned with the lack of parking than how it makes the area look.
27 March 2007, 12:46 PM
#16
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 39,877
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Might be worth starting by writing a polite letter to the bloke pointing out the inconvenience he is causing. You could take it from there depending on the reaction.
DCI, Would that be" Doolally Cheeky Individual" then?
Les
DCI, Would that be" Doolally Cheeky Individual" then?
Les
27 March 2007, 12:55 PM
#17
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 12,304
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
27 March 2007, 12:58 PM
#18
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Trailing behind the others
Posts: 130
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I'd avoid the whole council route - if they did do anything, such as double yellows all it will do cause a bigger problem by having less room to park, then you end up with the van outside your front door - right near a junction is a bit daft though
You never know if you talk to him and you're good with him about it 'excuse me mate but.......' rather than anything that seems like you're having a moan he might be ok and just move them
You never know if you talk to him and you're good with him about it 'excuse me mate but.......' rather than anything that seems like you're having a moan he might be ok and just move them
27 March 2007, 01:33 PM
#19
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 897
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
But having several near misses while pulling out of my road makes me think I'd rather have the double yellows.
Spoke to someone at the council - They come out and assess if its a problem and not just someone complaining for no reason.
It can then take upto several months and a cost of several thousand pounds to paint lines on the road...
Wonder where my council tax is being spent
27 March 2007, 02:35 PM
#20
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Zed Ess Won Hay Tee
Posts: 21,611
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
bloody parking
last week i came into work to see a small black MGB GT dumped down the end of the carwash, very strange, came in and checked the diary as sometimes punters drop the car off early and post the keys.
car low on tax
nothing booked in
checked the CCTV to see the car pull up at 6ish am, bloke parks up, gets out and gets into somebody's 4x4
the car was there for another 2 days blocking one of my vacuum bunkers, hence i was down on commission for the 2 days, this pissed me off, so i rang the police, full aware they could next to nothing about it, but the door lock looked a bit iffy so i played the "it might be nicked" role
within 1 hour some bloke arrived in a taxi, jumped in it, and dumped it next door in the used car lot car park PMSL
where it stayed for a day, before they did the same and some bloke arrived to take it somewhere else.
last week i came into work to see a small black MGB GT dumped down the end of the carwash, very strange, came in and checked the diary as sometimes punters drop the car off early and post the keys.
car low on tax
nothing booked in
checked the CCTV to see the car pull up at 6ish am, bloke parks up, gets out and gets into somebody's 4x4
the car was there for another 2 days blocking one of my vacuum bunkers, hence i was down on commission for the 2 days, this pissed me off, so i rang the police, full aware they could next to nothing about it, but the door lock looked a bit iffy so i played the "it might be nicked" role
within 1 hour some bloke arrived in a taxi, jumped in it, and dumped it next door in the used car lot car park PMSL
where it stayed for a day, before they did the same and some bloke arrived to take it somewhere else.
27 March 2007, 03:25 PM
#21
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Bish,Bash,Bosham!
Posts: 2,204
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The council should sort it out.
Someone who lived down my parents lane kept parking their van on the road outside their house (they had a double driveway too), right next to a (nasty) junction of the main road. This meant that people had to approch the junction with the main road on the wrong side of the lane, so anyone turning left into the lane (blind) would meet them head on.
My Dad rang the council and within a few weeks a solid white line had been painted on each side of the lane prior to the junction.
Someone who lived down my parents lane kept parking their van on the road outside their house (they had a double driveway too), right next to a (nasty) junction of the main road. This meant that people had to approch the junction with the main road on the wrong side of the lane, so anyone turning left into the lane (blind) would meet them head on.
My Dad rang the council and within a few weeks a solid white line had been painted on each side of the lane prior to the junction.
27 March 2007, 03:31 PM
#22
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: In my house
Posts: 1,664
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
the council are a pain in the **** they are re doing the pavements in my area we asked if we could have the length of our garden as a dropped kerb as we're making it all into a drive way they said no can do, we have 2 vans and 2 cars one of the vans go on our singular driveway and the other van and 2 cars are parked on the side of the road but mounted on the pavement slightly because otherwise it would be stopping people getting past with cars its not easy to park vans anywhere. fair enough if he had the space as a driveway but other than that he will have to keep them where they are.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post