Bloke uses our road as a Car Park
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[TW]Fox;25478290 said:If parking is legally prohibited though to such an extent they'll tow you if you park there, it's not up to the residents who does and doesn't. There is no 'mutual understanding', you are illegally parked, full stop? It's not your road, you have zero claim to it?
Who are you to 'let' somebody park on a road you do not own
The council don't care, we, the residents who actually live there, do. We don't want our street to become a glorified car park, so we don't let it.
Elaborate on what exactly you think will happen? I'm intrigued.
Outside of causing criminal damage; I'm not sure what it is that you think you're able or entitled to do which might discourage anyone from parking on "your" street.
Outside of causing criminal damage; I'm not sure what it is that you think you're able or entitled to do which might discourage anyone from parking on "your" street.
Fixed for you!
On a more serious note. I find it interesting just how many people there are here for whom the force of entitlement is so strong!
(Though I have seen it before!)
Yes, OK, it is the "Public Highway" and (Unless otherwise specified) nobody has any more right to park there than anyone else.
However....!
It is also CLEARLY a minor access road to a strictly residential area. This is no real "Pubic highway" where one might be able to park freely at no inconvenience to anybody else.
Any "Outsider" who is parking here on a regular basis because S/He is too much of a tight-wad to pay for the parking at the station that they are using (I accept there may not actually be any parking, but that is another story) is, while being entirely within their legal rights, ALSO being a tit/selfish_git/Inconsiderate Bar_steward!
The fact that S/He is continuing to do this despite having been informed of the (Significant) inconvenience S/He is causing simply makes it worse!
Just because you are legally entitled to do something doesn't mean that it is the right thing to do! (Under common Law you will have done no "Legal" wrong by watching somebody else's child drown in an inch of water!)
(The fact that S/He is doing this with, what appears to be, a vehicle of some value is extraordinary!
)Should somebody prise open the sunroof/bonnet and fill the car with ready-mix I would find myself having some difficulty having any sympathy!
But parking two old Land-rovers (or equivalent) an inch from each end of the offending vehicle should get the message over! with no harm being done and no laws being broken
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It already is a glorified car park because the residents park there. You're simply selfish and want it just for yourselves while the world doesn't actually work like that.
Apart from theres a difference from the people who live there parking, and having every Joe public parking there while they go to work for 8 hours a day to avoid paying parking at the railway station.
Are we being selfish for wanting to only have the minimum (read people who live there) number of cars parked up our street so kids can play in relative safety, and people can have a nice view of all the other gardens?
Well if we are, we don't give a toss. We are the ones who have to live there, and we decided we don't want to look at strangers cars parked there for 8 hours a day everyday.
Sorry to break this to you, but technically there is no difference and they're as entitled to park there as you, whether you like it or not.
Again, I ask what exactly it is that you plan to do, or perhaps have done, to dissuade other people from parking in "your" street?
Full of hot air.
You want the convenience and increased property value of having a property close to rail links, yet you're not willing to allow people to park on a public road and you don't want to approach the council to have a CPZ with resident parking because you'll have to pay for it.
Talk about having your cake and eating it, and everyone else's portion.
You want the convenience and increased property value of having a property close to rail links, yet you're not willing to allow people to park on a public road and you don't want to approach the council to have a CPZ with resident parking because you'll have to pay for it.
Talk about having your cake and eating it, and everyone else's portion.
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who exactly do you get to tow these terrible outsiders?
I suspect what you'll find it if you and your neighbours keep complaining enough to the council about commuter parking that they might consider residents permit bays or zones.
In the mean time I suggest that you try to come to terms with the new dynamic of your street.
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Nope, no there's not.
Is that a problem for you?
New? The newest person on the street moved in, 10 years ago maybe? We've been here 22 years.
It's a close-nit street of families who get along, and look out for each other.
To us there is.
You intimated that parking patterns had changed because of a close rail service, it doesn't matter who moved in where or when.
I don't think special pleading will get you anywhere unfortunately.
Good luck though.
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