Wheel Clamping on Private Land to be Banned
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In that instance you phone the council who would come and remove it.
More like, welcome not being held to ransom if you mistakenly park somewhere, then some meat head tries to extort a disproportinate amount of money from you by depriving you of your property.
just close a gate or park behind them then
If you are talking residential driveways then people parking on them is not something I have ever heard of happening
Since when has clamping people who park on your driveway been a regular issue? There are other legal ways to deal with that particular scenario, should it ever arise.
Perhaps the best solution for landowners would be extending the role of traffic wardens, so if the landowner pays, for example, £2,000 a year, traffic wardens would enforce their land.
Assuming proper signage and access restrictions were adopted.
And of course fines still go to the council / treasury.
I wonder how many places will sign up?
Assuming proper signage and access restrictions were adopted.
And of course fines still go to the council / treasury.
I wonder how many places will sign up?
but the principal isnt that different, its your own private land and you cannot clamp on your own land but other people can come choose to park on it without any issue at all
I would just park behind them
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I wonder how the changes in the law will be written?
If for example every space in your car park had a metal base for a post in front of it, and you were to come along and insert that metal post - with a padlock.
Would that be covered by clamping regulations?
If for example every space in your car park had a metal base for a post in front of it, and you were to come along and insert that metal post - with a padlock.
Would that be covered by clamping regulations?
A good alternative must be put in place though if clampers are stopped. Whilst there are no doubt 'cowboys' out there sometimes there is little alternative.
My firm has parking all around the building and up until we started taking measures anybody arriving after 9am couldn't get parked as employees from the company next door had taken all of the parking. People were blocked in at night and when they asked the driver to move their car so they could get out they where told where to go.
Numerous signs were placed around the building, the company next door put letters in pay packets telling their employees not to park there, and we would always issue one warning before taking action and still they complained that they didn't realise they could't park there.
They even had their own car park but most couldn't be bothered to use it as it was at the far end of their building which was some distance away.
My firm has parking all around the building and up until we started taking measures anybody arriving after 9am couldn't get parked as employees from the company next door had taken all of the parking. People were blocked in at night and when they asked the driver to move their car so they could get out they where told where to go.
Numerous signs were placed around the building, the company next door put letters in pay packets telling their employees not to park there, and we would always issue one warning before taking action and still they complained that they didn't realise they could't park there.
They even had their own car park but most couldn't be bothered to use it as it was at the far end of their building which was some distance away.
Apart from that being criminal damage, surely they will be stuck on your land, taking up a valuable parking space for a lot longer if they cant drive away due to having their tyres slashed?
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Some people fight fire with fire and may decide to exact the same treatment on the property.
Not a good idea tbh.