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Letter Template: Inconsiderate Parking in Your Road

By: Abigail Taylor - Updated: 8 Jan 2024 | comments*Discuss
 
Parking Street Inconsiderate Neighbour

Parking is one of the most common causes of disputes between neighbours. Problems include parking too near to a driveway making it difficult to turn in and out, and parking partially on the pavement preventing prams and wheelchairs from being able to pass.

Fortunately often the issue can be quite easily solved. Usually the vehicle owner simply hasn't realised the problem caused by where they have parked, and so bringing it to their attention will mean that they don't park there in future.

How can you best approach this problem?

Talk to your neighbour first, it's always better to try this option before taking further action so, if you can, pop round for a quick chat. If you can't make contact or don't feel comfortable with face to face communication, try sending an informal note. If this doesn't resolve the issue, then try a more formal approach. To help you, we've devised template informal note and more formal letter:

Informal Note to Neighbour About Inconsiderate Parking

Dear [name]

Just a quick note regarding where your car is parked. This is [making it more difficult for me to access my driveway / preventing my pram / wheelchair from being able to pass on the pavement. Please could you [park slightly further up the road / not on the kerb] going forwards to resolve this problem?

Thanks for your help.

Best wishes,
[Name]
[Your house number]

Formal Letter: Neighbours Parking Inconsiderately

[Your Address]

[Neighbour's name]
[Address / 'Delivered by hand']
[Date]
Dear [Neighbour's name]/[If unknown, just address as 'Dear Neighbour'],

Re: Car Parking

I live at [address], next door. I am writing in relation to problems caused by where your car, registration [registration number] is regularly parked.

  • Blocking my driveway
  • Preventing access down the pavement for prams/wheelchairs
  • Making turning out of [road name] onto [road name] difficult
  • Preventing/restricting access for emergency vehicles

You may have previously been unaware of the problems being caused. However it is making access and use of the street more difficult [and I am particularly concerned about the impact of restricted access for emergency vehicles should, for example, a fire engine or ambulance be required].

I am keen to resolve this amicably; we are after all neighbours! I would therefore be grateful if you could [park further up the street where parking will not restrict access / avoid parking on the pavement / park further back from the junction.]

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Kind regards,

[Your signature]
[Your name]

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One of the primary challenges associated with car parking is the increasing demand for limited space. As urbanization continues to rise, the number of vehicles on the road also escalates, leading to a higher demand for parking spaces. This surge in demand often results in insufficient parking facilities, congested streets, and increased competition for available spots.
Safe Cruise parking - 8-Jan-24 @ 11:49 AM
I totally agree with Deb below, if diplomacy doesn't work then you are better off moving. Living with a nuisance will eventually take it's toll whichever way you choose to deal with it, pushback will result in the opposition doubling down, or you will burnout from the mental gymnastics of it all. Just plan you're escape and leave it behind you.
Agma - 7-Jan-24 @ 4:19 AM
I live on a very small Place street of just 4 terraced cottages seperated from a busy road by 20 metres of alleyway. At the end of the alleyway is double yellow lines. Non residents keep parking there sideways across the front of the alleyway, due in part to local takeaways and pubs, making access to our homes more difficult as I come home from work or a day out to find I have to once again navigate around a car that should not be there. I am the only homeowner here, the other 3 are all rentals with most occupants coming and going every other year or so, for most the area is only temporary accomodation. I am the only person who has gone to the council as far as I know. As usual, I was fobbed off with a legal framed response which neither addressed or offered a solution to the issue. It is a council responsibility as public highway, but I suspect my council simply does not want to pay out for bollard work or a boulder to prevent parking. The problem is not going away, and in addition to other nuisances in the area have decided to move when I come to remortgage in a few years. The only reason I have not put my home on the market already is due to high interest rates. When you are considering buying a home it is amazing the number of potential nuisances you fail to spot on viewings. In all likelihood would not have bought my current home had I realised the implications.
Agma - 7-Jan-24 @ 4:05 AM
Car parking is an integral part of urban planning, and addressing the challenges associated with it requires innovative solutions. As cities continue to grow, the development of smart, sustainable, and efficient parking systems will play a vital role in creating more livable and accessible urban environments.
safecruiseparking - 5-Jan-24 @ 11:36 AM
A neighbour of mine constantly parks his car with the 2 outside wheels inside the yellow grid marking the exit to the footpath, thus making it to narrow to enter or exit without banging without either my walking stick or shopping trolley. I have severe osteoarthritis in my hip and cannot stand or walk with a stick and he has now accused me of deliberatelt trying to vandalise his car.
Mike - 29-Oct-23 @ 5:08 PM
My neighbour has 3 commercial vans parked in front of my home day and night. Can obviously only drive one at a time so always at least 2 transits at my gate and a car. Leaving their property free of any obstruction. My family have twice been threatened for parking in-font of their home. They say it is blocking their drive. However there is no dropped kerb so I presume they are illegally parked. If their car is “in the drive” it blocks off half the pavement as the garden is not big enough to accommodate the car. I have been forced to purchase cctv as the neighbours are aggressive and threatening. The police have been notified but have done nothing. Obviously can’t see much from cctv as vans block my view.
JillBloggs - 19-Aug-23 @ 4:11 PM
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edie1994 - 7-Apr-23 @ 11:27 AM
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edie1994 - 7-Apr-23 @ 11:27 AM
Controlled parking outside Hayling Avenue, Feltham, Middxcul de sac end using other vehicle to hold the parking space for small lorry FX21 HDG. Plus the fact the discarding cardboard box left in the road which I have photo off. We have had cloned small lorries parked down here as well Leroy Phillips is aware of this I have photo’s on my mobile phone to prove. My telephone number 0208 890 4698 plus annoyed my Council tax is going up when nothing is being done to about our plight, pollution, noise, nuisance to householder to accommodate the above FX21 HDG who doesn’t even live around here. He should park up outside his own home. Not at Hayling Avenue very night, Weekends, bank holiday’s.
Elsa - 22-Mar-23 @ 3:00 PM
My neighbors across the street have many weekend visitors at their house who always park in front of my house.So I can’t mow or edge the lawn.Been throwing roofing nails in their driveway….less cars now in front of my house.
Cindy - 6-Sep-21 @ 8:22 PM
I am looking for a formal letter to send my neighbor in regards to him already commenting on my husbands utility truck in drive way. Renting a condo for the time being and the neighbors first comment was about our work truck. I just want to send him a formal letter for the eye sore of a utility truck from our company.
Toady - 9-Jul-21 @ 5:18 PM
I live in a small village, part of the village only has pavement on one side , the pavement is constantly blocked by cars parked on pavement and even on the dropped curbs which means I often have to go over 100 metres on a busy B road and includes negotiating a traffic calming hump on my scooter. Despite asking politely, I’vebeenignored, shouted at ( once told by a visiting daughter that they had lived there longer than I have and they have always parked there)this continues and is now worsened by carers who attend someone living there. I have spoken to the care provider who promised that new carers would be asked not to park on pavement( the house is on a corner and the street has both side pavements and loads parkingspaces) this continues . I dread going into the village now to take my dog out, I have had a few brushes with traffic ( most are patient) and am now frightened. I am now a pensioner and paying to take my dogs to a private field some days to cut down the days I can take them out.Spoken to parish council and they haven’t been able to help either. Now another lady has moved near me and she is also disabled and has a scooter and is facing the same problem.An accident is just waiting to happen
Noushie - 21-Jun-21 @ 12:46 PM
I am looking for a template letter to build 3 parking spaces in our car park
Aaron - 6-Jun-21 @ 9:12 PM
Ian looking for a template letter for building 3 car park spaces in our car park.
Aaron - 6-Jun-21 @ 9:11 PM
To Rosemarie regarding neighbors that are difficult to get along with and cause other issues repeatedly the only solution I have is either learn to live with the way the people are behaving or move to a better neighborhood because the chances of getting the difficult neighbors to cooperate and change their ways is next to none, and even if you get the authorities involved they cannot monitor the situation all the time to keep the neighbors in line. My suggestion to you is to move to a better neighborhood. Decide what is most important to you: fighting these battles with current neighbors or living in a more stress free environment where you and your husband can easily access your driveway, and get away from the noise and other issues your current neighbors are causing. What I've learned over the years from working in customer service is you can't reason with unreasonable people, and some people enjoy causing problems for others because they are miserable so they want others to be miserable too. I know moving may not be the popular answer but do you really want to continue to live with the ongoing stress caused by the difficult neighbors? It is isn't likely the neighbors will move any time soon so if it's financially possible for you to get another home away from this stress and hopefully around better neighbors if I were you I'd move. Sometimes it is better to be happy than right. Good luck to you.
Deb - 2-Jun-21 @ 5:25 PM
I have a non standard sized driveway, it is long and narrow, with a normal length curb on the right side of the driveway which is in front of my house and a very long curb on the left side of the driveway, in front of the next door neighbors house on the corner, that extends to the stop sign at the end of the street. For some unknown reason people who either live here or their visitors, or people hired to do work for one of the neighbors from time to time like to park right at the very edge of the end of my driveway on the side that has a long curb. My driveway is challenging to get in and out of without obstacles at the end of the driveway and I need all the space I can get to safely maneuver out onto the street so as not to hit anyone's vehicles in the process. I don't understand why people can't see how they park affects my ability to get in and out of my driveway. Here is the worse case scenario I've experienced: when there is a vehicle parked in front of my house up to the edge of my driveway, which if its a large enough vehicle also diminishes visibility to know if there is oncoming traffic, children riding bikes, pedestrians or animals running loose where I need to pull out, and another vehicle parked on the other side at the end of the driveway PLUS a van and a large pickup directly across the street from me I have to actually pull into the middle of the street before I can turn my steering wheel. I've been putting up with this type of situation off and on for years and I'm tired of it. I am a nice, easy going, go along to get along neighbor but now after many years of dealing with this and wondering why people don't check how they park their vehicles I've decided to take a proactive step and address the issue as it comes up but I want to do it in a nice way. I believe people just are not paying attention to how they park. Many times people have pulled up, parked, leaving part of the back end of their vehicle obstructing my driveway. If I have appointments I need to get to for instance or an emergency situation comes up and I get blocked in I really do not have time to go door to door to ask the neighbors hey do you know whose vehicle that is blocking my driveway? It needs to be moved.I find it odd that I feel I'm being placed in a position to have to go out and instruct people how to park their cars correctly. People should already know to not block someone's driveway when they park, do a walk around their vehicle after they park to make sure they are parked correctly. I also find it odd that the occasional person blocking my driveway asks me if I'm planning on leaving soon, as if that has any relevance to the fact thatthe driveway is blocked and never should be blocked. Apparently they assume it is ok to block my driveway as long as I'm not needing to get out of my driveway.I'm looking for the best positive way to approach people in person or best way to phrase notes to leave on their windshields because the few peopl
Deb - 2-Jun-21 @ 5:05 PM
My neighbor backs his diesel truck in to park, the exhaust pipe is directly under my bedroom window, not ten feet away, his exhaust fills my house with nasty fumes in seconds of his starting it. I've asked him nicely several times even suggesting parking nose first or parking in several other areas of his property but he acts like I'm blowing a dog whistle.
Butch - 14-Apr-21 @ 8:27 PM
I own a drive way which I use but sometimes there’s are cars parked to close for entry to my drive so I park on the street. My neighbours has no drive way but they can have then done as there is space . Some of the neighbours own 3-4 cars but hav a problem with me parking on the public road!? What should I do ?
K - 13-Apr-21 @ 5:02 AM
Some of these comments are hilarious but I get where you’re all coming from. It can be frustrating when you can’t get a parking space. I own a few houses but the only area I have an issue parking is Bolton . Everyone on the street lives in a cruddy box house but they own 3 to 4 cars each, and most of them never move... I’m a key worker and only have one car but still can’t get a space when I’m over there. Anyway one day I got a sledgehammer and smashed my front wall down, that was funny too because the neighbours were quite shocked but subconsciously new what was going to happen next. Next I built a driveway and paid the council to drop my kerb, yay. Then even though I didn’t need one I got a second car and banged it on the drive. It was entirely strategic you see...there’s this freak that likes to sit in her window from across the street and watchone of her 4 cars parked in front of ours. So once everything was in place and she obstructed the bait I asked once for her to move it, mind you I was still polite, and 10 minutes after she declined to move it had her car towed away........
Jas - 7-Feb-21 @ 6:10 AM
Some of these comments are hilarious but I get where you’re all coming from. It can be frustrating when you can’t get a parking space. I own a few houses but the only area I have an issue parking is Bolton . Everyone on the street lives in a cruddy box house but they own 3 to 4 cars each, and most of them never move... I’m a key worker and only have one car but still can’t get a space when I’m over there. Anyway one day I got a sledgehammer and smashed my front wall down, that was funny too because the neighbours were quite shocked but subconsciously new what was going to happen next. Next I built a driveway and paid the council to drop my kerb, yay. Then even though I didn’t need one I got a second car and banged it on the drive. It was entirely strategic you see...there’s this freak that likes to sit in her window from across the street and watchone of her 4 cars parked in front of ours. So once everything was in place and she obstructed the bait I asked once for her to move it, mind you I was still polite, and 10 minutes after she declined to move it had her car towed away........
Jack - 7-Feb-21 @ 6:08 AM
Some of these comments are hilarious but I get where you’re all coming from. It can be frustrating when you can’t get a parking space. I own a few houses but the only area I have an issue parking is Bolton . Everyone on the street lives in a cruddy box house but they own 3 to 4 cars each, and most of them never move... I’m a key worker and only have one car but still can’t get a space when I’m over there. Anyway one day I got a sledgehammer and smashed my front wall down, that was funny too because the neighbours were quite shocked but subconsciously new what was going to happen next. Next I built a driveway and paid the council to drop my kerb, yay. Then even though I didn’t need one I got a second car and banged it on the drive. It was entirely strategic you see...there’s this freak that likes to sit in her window from across the street and watchone of her 4 cars parked in front of ours. So once everything was in place and she obstructed the bait I asked once for her to move it, mind you I was still polite, and 10 minutes after she declined to move it had her car towed away........
Jack - 7-Feb-21 @ 6:08 AM
Hi, I have a neighbor with a truck and a car , he is a builder and we have had previous issues about late night noise doing DIY, we knocked his door on 3 separate occasions and asked him to stop, he continued so we was forced to contact the local council, in which they sent anonymous letter to him. Since that the noise has been less, however now he takes up 3 spaces outside the house restricting us on parking and other neighbors too, he also uses a leaf blower to clear his driveway blowing all tree particles on to our path. He sits outside his house at 07:30am most mornings revering his truck engine even if doesn’t use it that day! I’ve completely had enough please advise me what I can do without me blowing me lid. Thank you
Dave - 23-Jan-21 @ 4:37 PM
Unfortunately no-oneowns the road outside their house or has parking rights although I think we should have. When these houses were built most of us were walking or using our horse and cart. Roads ate not built for multi-car households. Even new housing estates don't supply enough parking for residents and visitors unless your lucky enough to afford a big house with your own driveway or land. Not much help I know but I sympathise. I also have parking problems
Gun - 18-Aug-20 @ 2:19 PM
Hi I’ve been in an ongoing dispute with a neighbour (renting) about her using my parking space I own with my flat in a communal car park. I’ve given them a map of the parking, I’ve even shown them where to park, i.e not in and not over into my space. The management company won’t mark out the kerbside with paint. Every other neighbour parks correctly, but years of these renting neighbours parking in or over into my space, ive been told by the management co I can charge tickets. Can I do this? I don’t think it sounds legal but I’m sick of these neighbours parking. Has anyone else had this problem or know an answer??? Thankyou
LadyV - 13-Aug-20 @ 6:55 PM
I have an issue with a neighbour who’s property is opposite our land with a narrow public lane that separates both properties. They allowed an oil tank delivery to block the road despite it could’ve at least attempted to have parked on their driveway and they frequently have a chain across it meaning it causes an inconvenience for us whenever delivery vehicles come intended for them. I’m also pretty sure in this case the vehicle was there longer than 15 minutes blocking the road and my right of access which isn’t allowed l according to what I gathered from public highways. I felt this was inconsiderate by both the delivery company and my neighbours. My vehicle got damaged trying to get past it as I couldn’t see anyone around at the time for it to be moved onto their driveway. Do I have a legal position if it keeps happening in the future?
Anonymous - 15-Jul-20 @ 4:45 PM
In Beresford Avenue , Wembley , HA01NUin blue badge holder parking bay , one guy always park and refuse to give space to disable and elderly people . He told us that he can park there because there isn’t time shown and refused to give space for disable old lady. I reported to council previously but nothing done and he is still parking on disable parking bay.
Bboin - 1-Mar-20 @ 3:26 PM
We live near a school, parents and teachers park anywhere they can even outside my garage opposite my back gate, we have parking outside our back gates for residents, I drivemy daughter to school in the morning On my return a teacher parks her car right outside of our gate! My next door neighbor has two very young children I see her struggle at times! How would they like it if I went and parked outside there house, most of the don’t live nowhere near the school, I got so fed up that when I got home from doing a night shift and couldn’t park outside MY back gate I parked my car in front of the parents car!! I saw her return and politely asked them if they would mind parking somewhere else after her child kicked my car!! She just looked at me and left!! I asked the teacher not to leave her car there all day while working just got a sorry but still continues to park it there, they double park so if emergency services had to attend down that road they wouldn’t be able to get access.Help
Shaza - 30-Jan-20 @ 3:31 PM
We live near a school, parents and teachers park anywhere they can even outside my garage opposite my back gate, we have parking outside our back gates for residents, I drivemy daughter to school in the morning On my return a teacher parks her car right outside of our gate! My next door neighbor has two very young children I see her struggle at times! How would they like it if I went and parked outside there house, most of the don’t live nowhere near the school, I got so fed up that when I got home from doing a night shift and couldn’t park outside MY back gate I parked my car in front of the parents car!! I saw her return and politely asked them if they would mind parking somewhere else after her child kicked my car!! She just looked at me and left!! I asked the teacher not to leave her car there all day while working just got a sorry but still continues to park it there, they double park so if emergency services had to attend down that road they wouldn’t be able to get access.Help
Shaza - 30-Jan-20 @ 3:30 PM
I've lived in a road all my life (44 yrs)and still live with my parents which are now elderly and especially my mum that now has to have a special walker wheelie to get about. my dad parks on the drive but I park in the road and try to park outside just in-case my mother has to be driven anywhere if needed . what has annoyed me is people that live in flats ( 6 houses down) from me constantly park up were I live or outside my home , so I have to park else were most of the times it angers me that if my mum needs to get in my car - she will have to try to walk were im parked coz the so- and so neighbours keep parking outside our home. as im a night worker , I drive home in the mornings and cant find a space hardly and have to wait til neighbours go to work til I can park near or outside my home. there is a young couple how the father parks outside our home but has a drive way he parks on ( when he want too). I walk up the road at times thinking ( WHY CANT THESE DRIVERS PARK DOWN WERE THEY LIVE OR AROUND THE CORNER IN THE OTHER ROAD) not outside were I have elderly parents with difficulty walking as out steps have metal bars were to walk up our front steps as well and I like to park outside as incase my mum needs to be driven to anywere. what can I do ?as im this close to putting a notice on there cars telling them to moveor park were they livedown the road as they can walk properly without care. thanksyou.
mickc - 2-Jan-20 @ 7:25 AM
Hi, My neighbour has two cars and a large motor-home. They barely fit into their driveway and the last car sometimes overhangs the driveway over the pavement. When they go off in their motor-home they sometimes leave both their cars parked on the road outside my house.There is no room for myself my wife or people visiting to park cars outside our property. Our neighbours are inconsiderate and do not move their cars back into the driveway when they go away in the motor-home, which can be several days at a time. Many other neighbours in our street have 2,3 or even more cars/vans in their households, so parking elsewhere is really not an option. No-one parks outside my neighbours house when they go away in their motor-home, so am I within my rights to park outside their house, when they are preventing me from parking outside my own home ?
Colin - 17-Sep-19 @ 3:23 PM
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