Neighbour issuing parking tickets!

Tbh if he can't make it up the drive and has to abandon the vehicle I don't see what you can do about it.
Unless you do something stupid like damage the car or threaten him but then you'll be the one in trouble. Best not to let these things fester inside you and just be the bigger man.
 
surely if you claim ownership you are also responsible for any liabilities as well, so maintenance or accidents caused by neglect would also be his responsibilty
 
bit of a tangent but does anybody know the rules on dropped kerbs? I half of a street is dropped kerbs do they still count as dropped? I thought they had to fit certain criteria for being allowed a dropped kerb however i parked in front of someones house a while back and came out to a very grumpy note on the car stating its illegal to park on a dropped kerb. Now, his drive was completely unblocked and the dropped kerb ran from 2 houses past him one way to the end of the street (10 houses length the other way) I parked in front of his building which literally is road - pavement - house wall. Cars park all down that road and the relative i was visiting has a car parked in front of their house all the time, despite still being a dropped kerb so i didn't really think anything of the kerb height in all honesty. Is it a case of being technically against the highway code, but as it's not blocking access or a crossing point it doesn't really matter?

EDIT: For context i have a feeling the whole length of street was a stables/grounds parking for a large manor house on the end that has since been converted to offices. Small houses have been built on the grounds but it looks like the pavements/kerb was untouched during the rebuild so left dropped.
 
Orionaut said:
So the neghbor might actually be correct. It is possibly in your interest if he is really.
Personally, I would impose "Resident Parking Only" anywhere within 500M of a train station or school for the hours 08:00-10:00 and 14:00-16:00 and have an army of ticket issuers to impose it :p :p :D
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Agreed completely.

Commuter parking is an utter nightmare here.
 
krisboats said:
bit of a tangent but does anybody know the rules on dropped kerbs? I half of a street is dropped kerbs do they still count as dropped? I thought they had to fit certain criteria for being allowed a dropped kerb however i parked in front of someones house a while back and came out to a very grumpy note on the car stating its illegal to park on a dropped kerb. Now, his drive was completely unblocked and the dropped kerb ran from 2 houses past him one way to the end of the street (10 houses length the other way) I parked in front of his building which literally is road - pavement - house wall. Cars park all down that road and the relative i was visiting has a car parked in front of their house all the time, despite still being a dropped kerb so i didn't really think anything of the kerb height in all honesty. Is it a case of being technically against the highway code, but as it's not blocking access or a crossing point it doesn't really matter?

EDIT: For context i have a feeling the whole length of street was a stables/grounds parking for a large manor house on the end that has since been converted to offices. Small houses have been built on the grounds but it looks like the pavements/kerb was untouched during the rebuild so left dropped.
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A car parked across your driveway stopping you driving IN to your property is not causing an obstruction, providing it is parked legally on the highway i.e. no double yellow lines or other road markings enforceable under the RTA. Confusingly however, the Traffic Management Act gives councils powers to ticket people parked infront of dropped kerbs. It's difficult to keep track sometimes :p.

The highway code certainly states that you shouldn't park in front of dropped kerbs, but this isn't actually enforceable of course.
 
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Orionaut said:
In some cases the "Ownership" of the land is actually the central line of the highway.

However, as a highway there is a right of way for the general public over it.

And however again, this doesn't necessarily mean that there is a right to park on it.

It is possible, particularly on an "Unadopted" road, that somebody parking on the "Highway" might actually be parking on somebodies "Private land"

I would love to see the outcome of it going to court! :p :D
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Owning to the centre line of the road is 'ad medium filum' as it's known as. You don't actually own the public highway unless it's a private road, which you then might have to maintain at your expense or have an agreement in place to share maintenance costs, but from the sounds of it this sounds like public highway.

You do own the airspace above the highway and the subsoil below the highway though, but not the road itself. So @OP and his neighbour's title boundary might show it going into the centre of the road, but that doesn't mean they own it or the parking spaces.

Either way your neighbour across the road sounds like a right nutjob!
 
Councils can enforce fines pretty easily.

Private owners while technically dont have the power to fine you, they can take you to small claims court given they issue the charge through a parking association approved company. This is because only private companies which are members of these parking associations can obtain the necessary personal details (address and name of owner) to file for a claim.

If they are not members of one of the two relevant associations, then they cannot obtain your details from the DVLA even with CCTV/Picture evidence. By replying/appealing to these unregistered companies, you may give them your details which were previously unknown.

Obviously in this case because the 'private parking' is actually a public highway and not only is it unenforceable because of that but his ticket company does not seem to be registered on associations websites. They essentially sell the guy overpriced tickets and signage and give him a piece of the pie when there is someone stupid enough to pay or appeal the charge. I think the safe bet would be to wait for a charge notice to be delivered in the post before paying or replying to anything from a private company.
 
If the road/land is private then assuming he's posted the correct notices surely he can do this? (unless you need a special licence to issue tickets?)

I mean I live in a block of flats with some gated parking but also residents and visitors parking outside, we have marked spaces there on the side of what is essentially a privately owned bit of road, we have sings up and a parking company who can issue tickets - I don't see why, in theory, this guy couldn't do the same unless issuing tickets requires some license


Borealis said:
Maybe he's signed up with these guys...

http://www.capitalcarparkcontrol.co.uk/selfticketing_10.html
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don't see why he'd need to do that even - if correct notice is posted etc.. people can be ticketed on private land - might be more helpful if he had some appropriate road markings put down though, like perhaps paint some double yellow lines or mark out an allocated parking space
 
But the neighbour is not registered and neither is the private company he is using, so they cant get the personal details from the DVLA to take them to court. A picture of a car and a license plate is pretty useless without the registered address.

Also in this specific case, its pretty unenforceable. The road isn't a private close or anything like that. His property line may go to the centre of the road but because it is a public road, people are within their rights to park there unless the council issues signs not to or it breaks mandatory road rules
 
Now i never got into the "Poo in his letterbox" mame, but on this occasion i would just use the ticket as toilet paper and stuff the ****** through his letterbox, he'll soon learn to stop putting tickets out
 
Avenged7Fold said:
But the neighbour is not registered and neither is the private company he is using, so they cant get the personal details from the DVLA to take them to court. A picture of a car and a license plate is pretty useless without the registered address.
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well that is a different matter, obviously if he isn't able to ascertain their address he can't proceed to do much

Also in this specific case, its pretty unenforceable. The road isn't a private close or anything like that. His property line may go to the centre of the road but because it is a public road, people are within their rights to park there unless the council issues signs not to or it breaks mandatory road rules
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well I'm not going to claim to be a legal expert but how do you know it is a public road - if his property line goes all the way to the middle of it then maybe it isn't? The bit of road outside my flat isn't technically a public road, it is privately owned and we've got clearly markets parking bays on either side of it and a parking company that comes along regularly to check all the vehicles have a valid resident's permit, it isn't behind a gate though and others can drive along it
 
SC0TTRS said:
I agree with you but it's not illegal to block your driveway as long as there is no vehicle on it, unfortunately...
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It depends where you live. Since local councils took over parking control, they have different rules. Where I live, it's illegal to park over any dropped kerb (which you must have for you to drive onto your driveway), and you can call and get someone ticketed on demand. Some councils are particularly aggressive and will tow cars at any opportunity.

Personally, I think it should be illegal to park over someone's drive no matter what. You don't know when they are coming and going, if they are disabled or are elderly and need to get as close to their homes as possible, if they have babies, kids or shopping in tow. By inconveniencing them, you're simply making your problem (where to park) someone else's problem, so it's no wonder people get particularly wound up by it when it's where they live that they want to get to.
 
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