parking on street - neighbours say we shouldn't

[Clearcut]

I’m not sure you can park across his drive (dropped kerb or not) as that is an entrance to his home. However, legally there is nothing stopping you parking in his driveway!

That's why violence should always exist as an option.

 

[MagicBoy]

They wouldn't be getting it back off my drive any time soon after if someone did that to me

I guess there's nothing to stop you blocking them in for tresspassing. Try and remove the car, and you're open to a prosecution for criminal damage.

 

[Pentland]

They wouldn't be getting it back off my drive any time soon after if someone did that to me

I guess there's nothing to stop you blocking them in for tresspassing. Try and remove the car, and you're open to a prosecution for criminal damage.

you are both assuming they want it back. Imagine having a scrappy van stuck in your garden lol

 

[Dyson]

you are both assuming they want it back. Imagine having a scrappy van stuck in your garden lol

Hadn't thought of that

 

[unwashed potato!]

you are both assuming they want it back. Imagine having a scrappy van stuck in your garden lol

It's my thought about if the neighbours keep up their nonsense. I don't mind buy a scrap £50 van and plunking it right in front of their house. Maybe then they will want to have a driveway

 

[Pentland]

If you park on the street, it will need to be taxed, insured and mot’d.

 

[Haggisman]

They wouldn't be getting it back off my drive any time soon after if someone did that to me

My drive, my car

 

[Dis86]

They wouldn't be getting it back off my drive any time soon after if someone did that to me

Touch it and you can be done for the criminal offence of 'interfering with a motor vehicle'.

 

[theone8181]

Apex is correct.

A driveway should have a dropped kerb. If it doesn't, for example if they turned a front garden into parking but were too cheap to/didn't get the council to drop the kerb .. then you can technically park there on the street assuming there's no other restrictions. The police won't do you for obstruction without the kerb being dropped. Source : highways engineers I worked with in my old job.

There's some wierd rule though where if there's a car on the drive it's not legal, but in a garage it is and I'm sure that if you block somebody in who's on your drive you're in the wrong (obviously from a legal not moral viewpoint).

 

[Dis86]

There's some wierd rule though where if there's a car on the drive it's not legal, but in a garage it is and I'm sure that if you block somebody in who's on your drive you're in the wrong (obviously from a legal not moral viewpoint).

It's illegal to block someone from leaving.

 

[Resident]

I’m not sure you can park across his drive (dropped kerb or not) as that is an entrance to his home. However, legally there is nothing stopping you parking in his driveway!

If no dropped kerb exists then as far as the law, neither does the driveway. (A former neighbour had this dispute and ended up in hot water with the council)

In terms of blocking a drive where a dropped kerb does exist, it's an offence to block someone IN but not OUT. So if the drive is empty you aren't committing an offence by parking across it. You're being an **** but not a crime.

But you are quite right about parking ON someone's driveway. It's a civil matter.

 

[theone8181]

It's illegal to block someone from leaving.

That's why I said legal not moral. I think we all know what we'd do if somebody was parked on our drive.

 

[Dis86]

That's why I said legal not moral. I think we all know what we'd do if somebody was parked on our drive.

We'd treat them to a free wash and detail?

 

[Pentland]

If no dropped kerb exists then as far as the law, neither does the driveway. (A former neighbour had this dispute and ended up in hot water with the council)

In terms of blocking a drive where a dropped kerb does exist, it's an offence to block someone IN but not OUT. So if the drive is empty you aren't committing an offence by parking across it. You're being an **** but not a crime.

But you are quite right about parking ON someone's driveway. It's a civil matter.

yeah. So the thing to do is block someone in, and they complain to the police. When the police arrive, it’s “very sorry everyone, won’t happen again” and move your car aside. Then as they leave, report the other party for driving over the pavement - which is illegal lol.

 

[Smokey26]

I’m not sure you can park across his drive (dropped kerb or not) as that is an entrance to his home. However, legally there is nothing stopping you parking in his driveway!

Its my drive lol.

 

[squerble]

They wouldn't be getting it back off my drive any time soon after if someone did that to me

As others have already pointed out, it's illegal to block them in. Seems if you park on someone else's drive, you have that someone else wrapped up in a neat little bow - they can't touch your car, and they can't block you in

 

[Dyson]

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As others have already pointed out, it's illegal to block them in. Seems if you park on someone else's drive, you have that someone else wrapped up in a neat little bow - they can't touch your car, and they can't block you in

I'd build a new boundary wall then

 

[Havana_UK]

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I'd build a new boundary wall then

This exact thing happened in London some years back and I recall reading about it in the news. A chap had returned home to find a car parked on his drive and he built a new wall across the entrance to his driveway blocking the car inside!

 

[MagicBoy]

If no dropped kerb exists then as far as the law, neither does the driveway. (A former neighbour had this dispute and ended up in hot water with the council)

Correct - the Council will do you for damaging the pavement by driving over it.

 

[MikeTheNative]

Buy a bus, park that on the road?