Selling cars from your house.

ChroniC · 27 May 2007 at 15:36

Seems my mum has a small problem with a guy down her road starting up his own car selling business. However he doesnt have a forecourt, hes just using the road to pile 10 cars in.
If there all registered and taxed i suppose there legal allowed to park where ever he wants.

Is there anything stating you can just fill roads with your cars, to sell especially?

paradigm · 27 May 2007 at 15:37

Might be worth findind out if he is a licesned trader or not.

tonyyeb · 27 May 2007 at 15:38

Get onto the council and police. It is illegal. Unless he has got change of use on his property by a planning application.... which you probably would have got a letter about from the council anyway.

ChroniC · 27 May 2007 at 15:39

paradigm said:
Might be worth findind out if he is a licesned trader or not.

In the process, but if he is, are you allowed to just turn a house and road into a business area? Just wondered if anyone knew, as i know not all of you are a crack team of laywers.

penski · 27 May 2007 at 15:41

I think that you aren't allowed to sell more than three vehicles from the roadside...*think*

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ChroniC · 27 May 2007 at 15:43

Yeh hes got 10, and its not a massive road.

tonyyeb · 27 May 2007 at 15:45

ChroniC said:
Yeh hes got 10, and its not a massive road.

Get onto the council - they will sort him out.

tonyyeb · 27 May 2007 at 15:47

ChroniC said:
In the process, but if he is, are you allowed to just turn a house and road into a business area? Just wondered if anyone knew, as i know not all of you are a crack team of laywers.

You have to get a change of use planning application done. When I started my own business we moved into a former clothes shop. We had to get change of use to sell food. The same happens with residential to business and visa versa.

Muncher · 27 May 2007 at 15:52

There are planning issues, but there are also local byelaws which may well prevent ANY cars being advertised for sale which are parked on public property.