Is it in 'your' spot OP?
Annoyingly my neighbour has a clio in one of 10 spaces at our row of houses. He didn't know but parked it in the only space on his deeds so we can't do anything. If it's on their deeds you've no chance..
We have had a car parked in a communal parking area on our street for nearly 2.5yrs, the area is public land and this has been confirmed by the council. There is no MOT or Insurance and the car is SORN'd.
The car has been reported in excess of 10 times and the Police have done **** all.
Annoyingly a neighbour has parked IN THEIR SPACE??
How is it annoying?![]()
It all depends on who owns the land. If the land is "Public" (owned by a government department / Council District) then reporting this to the DVA as there is an uninsured car on the road, they will clamp it and possible remove it. If its Private (Site Developer/ Private land owner) with their permission it can stay there as long as they want, or until they request for it to be removed.
This is a civil matter and the police wont get involved unless it becomes criminal ie - someone drives it uninsured.
We have had a car parked in a communal parking area on our street for nearly 2.5yrs, the area is public land and this has been confirmed by the council. There is no MOT or Insurance and the car is SORN'd.
The car has been reported in excess of 10 times and the Police have done **** all.
I guess if someone reported that they saw someone put a what looked like a firearm in the boot, it would be checked out pretty quickly![]()
Funny enough, who owns the land is a pretty unimportant fact in working out if it's a public road.
That area will almost certainly form part of the definition of a public road (Bryant v Marx 1932; McNeil v Dunbar 1965; Worth v Brooks 1959).
If the road pictured is part of a development/estate then it could easily be private or restricted to a special class of persons. It certainly will be if the entrances are signed as Private/No Through Road/Residents Only etc or it is a gated/barrier protected area.
Although it's part of a development, none of those apply and it connects two main roads so hopefully it's considered public.
I have just noticed that it is clamped on the other side. No idea who by and how long for, but I guess that is a good thing in that some authority seems to think they have the right to get involved. Not sure how clamping a car that never moves helps, though.
Unless it's got a ticket or notice stuck to it then it's probably be clamped by the owner after they read this thread and seen the advice to bump and roll it into the road![]()