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mattmos

mattmos

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Hi all,

the neighbouring shop has started parking their car in front of their shop on the pavement. This leaves it about 2 inches normally from the small divider wall to our property. They use the dropped curb at the corner of the road to drive onto it, rather than a proper driveway entrance, but it is parked on the property for the most part sometimes overhanging the pavement.

It feels very invasive and as we're getting ready to sell, could be pretty off-putting to potential buyers.

Anything we can do about it? Tried speaking the the owners but they say they have to park there as the road gets so busy at night. I've tried speaking to parking services but they won't do anything as its not on the road.

I'm aware this thread makes me seem like a moaning old git... that's probably about right ;)

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mattmos said:
it is parked on the property for the most part sometimes overhanging the pavement.

Anything we can do about it?
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i don't see what you can do about it as it's on there property as you rightly pointed out :confused:
 
VoG - I thought there might be some council regs about where you're allowed to park - its not a drive, but a space in front of the shop, thought you had to apply for permission to use a front garden/space as a drive? The fact their car ends up so close to the dividing wall worries me as they just need to give a bit too much gas when driving onto it to end up in our front garden.

The blue - it is on their property, so I couldn't really park on it! Nice idea though
 
mattmos said:
VoG - I thought there might be some council regs about where you're allowed to park
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well looking at the picture you posted, there's a boundary marked around the edge of the shop by a kerbstone set into the pavement, which makes me believe that there allowed to park there, ide be amazed if it isn't marked on the deeds to there property as a piece of hardstanding, specifically for off road parking.
 
why is the kerb dropped there if it's not for access to that plot

if it is fof that access then they are doing nothing wrong, if they drive on a section of normal pavement then that may not be allowed
 
Rotty - The curb is dropped there because its the corner of a road, and it allows for pedestrian disabled access - this is the same for every side road along the main road no matter what is on the corner.

Scubascorpion - fair enough. If that's the general consensus (and it looks like it is) then I just have to deal with it and try to ask the owners nicely not to park there when someone is coming to look at the house. It really is off-putting if you're thinking about buying a place to have a car so close to the front door.
 
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sammo62 said:
Really? About 90% of Cambridge roads will no longer be navigable if that is the case.
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Yup really. To do with pedestrians with pushchairs/wheelchairs who cant then get past on the pavement and are forced onto the road in order to get around the car, so dont know if there will be some kind of measurement involved or something
 
There are two types of 'Dropped Kerb'.. a Pedestrian Crossing and a Vehicular Crossing!, in most areas they have different construction depths (as a car is much heavier than a person it needs a stronger surface to run over!!)...

There are by-laws for most councils, but as parking is becomming such a problem they seem to be letting more and more people do this (^^) and turning a blind eye!!..

Unless it causes an access problem or blocks the pavement, there is nowt you can do I afraid!!..

I remember when I was a kid, that some council stopped a resident from crossing 'Over' the pavement onto his drive/garage. Even though they let him build the drive/garage and get the kerb dropped!!... in the end (as this was on the telly) they had the car hoisted over the pavement onto the drive by a crain (to prove a point), only for the Council to say "that not only did they own the land, but they owned the sky above that land!!"
 
OriginalJonty said:
What? If they ban that around some roads here, no car would be able to get through!
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Well as I say above, its because of situations where people park on the pavement and then pushchairs/wheelchairs cant get past and have to go on the road. So maybe there will be some measurement that has to be left, like if there is enough room for an x-centimetre wide item then its ok, but if you're up on the pavement far enough that there isnt enough room then its a fine.
 
Simian - this one's definitely a pedestrian dropped curb. Not that I guess it makes much difference here! Thanks for the info.
 
I dont think the neighbours parking there would put me off the house to be honest, but that's just me.

PK!
 
Isnt the white car illegaly parked?

I thought you had to have a min of 12 yrds from a junction.. been a while since I read a highway code :P
 
I know for a fact that our council wouldnt put up with this ,we had to pay for a council survey to check safety ect then the curb dropping and pavement strenthening ect (best part of £500), they will be liable to any excess wear and tear on the pavement .
tbh i dont think i would find it intrusive as its in their land ,unless i was sat there behind the wall
 
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