Own a Driveway But Park on Road: What's the Law?

ProblemNeighbours Editor 17/05/2026 at 1:31 pm

@Rox That sounds really stressful, especially with the aggression on top. Parking across the pavement is actually a civil and potentially criminal matter now under the Highway Code rule 145, and blocking the footway can be reported to the council or police, particularly if it forces pedestrians, prams or wheelchair users into the road. Report it anonymously online so they don't know it's you, and keep a dated log of incidents. Also flag the behaviour to their housing officer at the council, as tenancy agreements usually cover anti-social conduct.

Rox 09/09/2023 at 12:28 am

We just had new tennents moved in the council property next door (we iwn our property, most neighbours own their property too) the family that was moved in have already shown aggressive behaviour, and had a police incident against them (3mnths they have lived there) they have a drive as their is the end terrace we have a middle terrace so no drive, however they put their wheelie bins in the space infront of their house when not in and park their when they are home, it is a nightmares to park on my street as it is, if any of us do park their they park their car with their front endnon the drive and the back completely across the pavement just to annoy us. With the aggressiveness behaviour shown already our nice quiet neighbourhood dont dare say anything

JW 18/08/2023 at 11:19 am

I have a driveway on a blind corner. To my left I can't see anything. The road narrows here too.
My neighbour insists on parking to the right and the huge stupid discovery parks opposite. I cannot get out to turn right towards the roads exit.
Theres not enough turning space nor space ahead of me to manoeuvre.
So I've been stuck in the road trying. If I go left I can't see the people coming on the wronsode at me.
Being a corner and having cars parked in their albe. They're over before they can see around the corner.
I'm struggling not to feel endangered.
I'm at loss. The council were supposed to put in double yellows as part of the panning but never did. Decades later they won't even recognise the issue. Any thoughts?

Bonny 08/01/2023 at 7:45 pm

The house next-door is rented to a rough looking couple (she is 45 and he is around 70), they have a big leased car, he parks right in the centre and uses up two spaces in the road. We turned our front garden into a driveway for our one car as we could never get a parking space, it took a lot of money and time to get the dropped kerb and driveway done. The pikey neighbour's (Sally Lloyd) father, mother and 12 year old adopted daughter drive 5 minutes walk around the corner and park in front of our driveway when we are not in. I spoke to the pikey's father to try to reason with him, but he just started shouting loudly that he has paid his road tax and he can park whenever he wants too, if he wants to park in front of my driveway all day then he will. That evening I had both of the pikeys shouting at me because I asked the father not to park in front of my driveway. The woman acts as if she owns the two bedroom terraced house in Maidstone, Kent rather than renting it from the landlord John Banbury who isn't even a registered landlord.

Serg 30/08/2022 at 3:35 pm

My neighbour opposite rents their house from the local council, they have a large van and a car, they have a very long driveway and garage at the property however they choose to park half on the kerb and half on the road never on the drive is this allowed.

Pete 28/06/2021 at 11:43 am

My neighbour has a double driveway but chooses to park on road and across his access but on the road there is resident parking in the road does he need to be part of the scheme to park on the road but across his driveway

Annoyed 26/06/2021 at 6:36 pm

Iv just moved house and the only parking available in in the back alley the people opposite use their garden as a driveway but the last 2 weeks there are no parking signs going up both sides of the road. I usually end up walking at least half a mile to get home

Terry 18/03/2021 at 2:01 pm

We live on a private lane Arcadia Avenue, which lends onto park road, the property on park road want to make a entrance onto Arcadia Avenue for a drive, are they allowed to do this?
There are eight properties on Arcadia Avenue and we are all responsible for maintaining the lane.

Kay 12/03/2021 at 1:35 pm

I am so annoyed with ppl parking on the narrow roads while having own driveways, its like going through the maze with obstructions, no space even to give a way for oncoming traffic. Or speed limits like 40 miles but there are cars parked all over place on a bended roads. Should put double yellow lines everywhere, as well when turning somewhere , parked cars are obstructing the view.

Moose 22/01/2021 at 11:43 pm

My neighbor have 5 cars parked on the street i cant park my car in front of my house, he dont even drive them all, its so irritating for us, it should be against the law for 1 person to have that many vehicles on the street, i live in the 3300 block of N. 28th St. and its ridiculous that i have to park down the street to park my car

Cris 26/11/2020 at 11:45 am

I live on a turning point
All my neighbours park there and yes lots off parking spaces in the road its a close

I recently applying for a driveway which i need a crossover
The crossover was refuse because will obstruct the road and will benefit one owner
But there is another neighbour with one .....
By the highway code you cant park on a turning point
My question is is the law equal to everyone?
Theres other roads like mine near by
With same situation and some have drives with a crossover
Am i different,?

William Walsh 19/11/2020 at 3:54 pm

Hello

My next door neighbour drives a big van (he’s a builder). We live on a cup de sac and he refuses to park it on his driveway. Always parks in the street which causes an obstruction.

You either can’t get past his car to exit the street. Or he parks it on the pavement and blocks the walk way.

Is there anything that can be done?

Not right 18/09/2020 at 4:12 am

I seen this middle eastern family with their guest are purposely provoking this asian family when the asian family was just minding its own business and was helping its own family member to park and get into the home. The asian family were not even making any kind of attention with middle eastern family and their guests but keep causing unpleasant unreasonable conversation to stop this asian family so trying to cause argument. They are not treating them right especially when living on same street. I do not ever see this asian family cause any trouble for any of us.

Rysha 13/09/2020 at 5:20 pm

My neighbour keeps Working on there car over my driveway, i keep asking them to move, he is getting nasty now, there is only me, i am 38, disabled, I live on my own, and need my driveway kept clear incase i need to go to the hospital.
There is oil across my drive now, i already have told them where it is, and the council is on about fining me a lot of money because of this, i have told them it's them over the road, and shown CCTV evidence, for which was assaulted.
In the past they have parked cars that has no MOT, TAX, and Insurance, and because there asian i have suggested i am racist for reporting them.
There are other incident's including having a firework thrown at my car for which i have CCTV evidence, but nothing was done by the police on this matter.
I have just asked them today when they was working over my drive. And was told "they can do what they want" And 8 people have threatened me with violence, i have logged it with the police. But i don't think they will do anything about them as they seem to get away with murder. Can you give me advice on this matter.

Seston 13/09/2020 at 4:41 pm

My neighbour has turned his drive way into a commercial dump, by placing a large skip that occupied the whole drive way and dump all his commercial waste in it. He said he is working from home!!He collected all sorts of Rubbish from neighbouring households and dumps it in this skip. He emptied it every month. We have to suffer the smell and contamination’s. Even in this virus pandemic!! He now uses my wall as his parking lot, as he converts his shed into a football ground for his son !! So all the rubbish meant for the shed is lying around my wall.
They have 2 cars, one van, and a lorry!! These are parked along the drive way since they do not have where to pay the cars thus I am always blocked, and have to struggle in and out of my driveway every day. It is a night mare!!!!

Rolo 29/08/2020 at 9:45 pm

My neighbour deliberately parks right in front of my house in a large van so it blocks all the light that comes into my house making it dark I’ve reasoned with them many times however it always turns into and argument and them threatening me to stop parking there as it’s also an eyesore as they also do this when their drive is free which is so annoying as they have a lot of space around their house to park and the person who keeps doing it to wind us up and make a joke about it doesn’t even live in the house but stays over almost very night leaving it there for 2 days at least every week when there is clearly space around the house in addition we know they do it on purpose as where they park at the front of our house is at the end Of the street so they have to walk further to get to the house when there are spaces closer to it it’s ruins my mental health as I have to look out at it all the time and it make my house dark which makes me depressed I strongly believe there should be a law put in place about anti social parking in front of houses as it’s not fair and it’s continuously effecting everyone living in my house

Birdie 22/07/2020 at 11:48 am

I have the same problem it's just insane that we have to put up with this. I am locked in my home and if I leave I can't get back in. It does affect your mental health and like has been said we have no rights against these rude selfish people it's about time new laws were brought in so that we could prosecute people who deliberately park antisocially. I am so depressed now with this situation.

Baldbarry 19/06/2020 at 8:50 am

I live in the end house of a cul-de-sac.The house two doors down from me have 4 cars and 2 vans
(3 of which belong to their children who don't live here) They use there vehicles to deliberately harass me and ensure I can not park in my street.
This stems from me intervening when they were assaulting another neighbour who has learning diffiulties shortly after moving in for jet washing his garden and a little spray went on their car bumper because it was in front of his driveway and this has now been going on for 2 years.
They have threatened to burn my house down, slash my tires and have my car towed and stripped by a "mate" who owns a tow truck if I park on the street. They have thrown eggs at my vehicle and park big vans inches from my car on either side. If I use my driveway (which is difficult because they park in the middle of the road) so I can't get out all weekend. They only work half days so by the time I get home every night they have arranged all there vehicles to block me from parking. The police and council have done nothing to help and they have been telling people I am a grass and it's having a serious affect on my mental health. They have posted videos on social media of me attempting to park with laughing emojis where they have blocked up all the spaces. There are 7 houses and bays for 12 cars and each house has a driveway. Some choose to use them others don't but this one family who are in a council property make everyone's lives miserable because that's what gives them satisfaction and makes them laugh and smile. Out the windows to see the difficulties their behaviour causes. It is impossible to reason with them. Even if I speak really politely they will phone the police and say I am threatening them they treat people horribly and hide behind security cameras which they have covering Avery angle of the street. Whenever the police have asked for the videos (for example during the assault) they have told them the cameras don't work and the police have not bothered to pursue it.

Angel 31/05/2020 at 10:03 pm

People should use drive way if have one and not block road unnecessarily law of Scotland

Jay 07/05/2020 at 9:10 am

I have a neighbor who uses the back
of our property (private access easement
Ingress and egress ) When he has a driveway in front of his house can we cut of access easement
This is in California mountains

nichols 01/05/2020 at 5:29 pm

well my neighbour his stop me from parking out side my house and he uses his neighbours car to block me out what can I do as no one will help

Rach24639 30/04/2020 at 3:48 pm

There's a neighbour that parks on the road near to a junction which obstructs vehicle's when turning into or going out of. There is only one car for that household but yet rather using his driveway he would rather park it on the road obstructing other vehicles as well as a bus routed drivers. Very agrovating

fionn256 23/04/2020 at 5:54 pm

Have a neighbour who has two of the same company vehicles (god knows why) and because they can't get both in the driveway, they block my driveway with one instead. Ask them to move and it ends in arguments every time. Just waiting for someone to fly round the blind corner and smash into the rear end of the vehicle obstructing the road and my driveway

Maggz 04/03/2020 at 4:43 pm

Can I turn my car around on a highways dropped Kurb outside off a private drive - I’m not obstructing access nor exit

Pepe 07/02/2020 at 11:55 pm

Hi. I live on a terraced street with a communal lane which then leads to the back of the terrace. The communal lane has a covenant on it that it’s only to be used as a drop off point for example shopping, deliveries. But we have one neighbour who has family and friends who constantly park their cars there day and night. They do not own the property, just rent, we have asked them nicely not to keep parking there but all we get is abuse. Can anyone give me advice on what to do, it’s been going on for a few years now.

Lolo 21/01/2020 at 11:33 am

Is it illegal for me to block my own driveway? My neighbor has had a go at me for parking across my own drive because it makes getting on and off of their drive difficult but we live on a wide road and I can’t see how it’s hard for her to get on or off her drive! Just want to know where I stand coz my drive is full so I cannot park on it and I have two small children and struggle to park halfway down the road and get them in the house safely

Whynot 18/11/2019 at 6:35 pm

Can a care home workers park on the road and not on their drive when at work, We were told they would Park on the drive when it was opened, now no one park on their drive,

Tosher 11/08/2019 at 9:46 am

We have a double garage behind the apartment block. Access was no problem until the president of the block decided to put two parking spaces opposite the garage door. It is impossible to get both cars in the garage when both parking slots are being used. There is less than a cars length now in front of garage to manoeuvre. Is there a legal distance for entitlement to manoeuvre outside our garage?

Sam 04/08/2019 at 2:06 pm

I have the potential for 2 cars on a driveway at the front of my property, however access is always blocked by neighbouring residents. I am in the process of applying for 'H' markings but I cannot find anything online that states the criteria that the inspectors look for.
Does your drive need to be a certain size? Do you have to be able to turn around in it? Can you reverse in or out or do you have to always be forward facing?
It's not a particularly busy road with a 30mph speed limit and well lit.
Any advice would be great!

Bicky 03/08/2019 at 9:01 pm

If you're insured as using your driveway but park on the street, and your car is vandalised, broken into or hit, your insurance is invalid. Read this on the RAC website LOG

Christine 03/08/2019 at 6:47 pm

My neighbours park there cars on the pavements causing an obstruction and use my drive
I am personally fed up of this because they have there own drive

Chrissie 01/07/2019 at 3:01 pm

In my street there are people with driveways big enough for three cars but choose to park in the street to be awkward and prevent those with no driveway from parking. Ignorant, vile folk.

BenDover 26/05/2019 at 7:01 pm

Is it illegal to let someone's tyres down?
Like I wouldn't say it's the best idea to pour paintstripper on a car or actually slash their tyres or key the paintwork or take their wiper rubbers off so the metal arms scratch their windows or whatever but surely letting their air out of all 4 wheels isn't a crime is it? You haven't actually done any damage or taken anything

Suziq 02/05/2019 at 10:53 am

We are in a row of 4.2houses have a 2 car ALLOCATED parking space for each of the 4houses.
Neighbour in tightest corner has 3 cars outside and only 1 of these is in it's ALLOCATED space so we have a blocked pathway and front garden.
What can we do?

Jules 12/04/2019 at 10:16 am

My neighbour opposite has 2 cars refusing to use their private drive enough for 3 cars. They park on the street parking halfway on the path. The street is so narrow with cars parked on road. I've asked a few times to use their driveway as I struggle to reverse into my drive and I can't drive forward due their cars parked on road. What do you advise please?

Cloddy 17/02/2019 at 5:00 pm

We live at the top of the enclosed street , and live in the corner of the turning circle.
We do have a drive, but we are thinking of not using it because when our
Neighbours come home in their cars, they park their cars in the turning circle pointing
Across the road and not pointing facing the exit which means the back end of their cars
Is blocking our drive, so we have to drive on the public footpath ( on edge of turning circle )
To exit and return.
We've had passed neighbours giving us a two finger sign when we've them about our dilemma

Noicy neighbours 18/01/2019 at 1:42 am

My neighbour keeps his old car engine running for a very long time. Last weekend started 10am and didn’t finish until 2pm constantly keeping the engine running making a big noise while the car is park in his driveway.
I know the law in London if you park on the road for more than one minute car engine must be turned off.
Can I report him? Email me please.
He needs to stop polluting the air. I know is in his drive but he’s been doing this since last summer!

Suzy 22/11/2018 at 11:45 am

My neighbours opposite my drive have 5 vehicles. Sometimes 3 of their vehicles are on the road, other times all 5 are on the road. I have no choice but to always reverse my car into our side drive. There is no way I could EVER park on the road outside my house.
They have space in their front garden and a drive at the back of their property.One of the vehicles has not been moved off road for 6 months. There is a sloped path for disabled users and they say this prevents them from putting in a dropped kerb to use their front garden - but there is sufficient space to the right of the sloped path.
It is time that it becomes compulsory for anyone with sufficient room on their property be COMPELLED to get their vehicle(s) OFF THE ROADS! If we all carried on like this there would be no roads left to drive on! Any ideas?

Wilson 08/11/2018 at 7:21 pm

Can I park on the grass in my street out side neighbours garden view as theirs no space on my side?

Pieface 07/10/2018 at 6:06 pm

Neighbours use my drop kerb to get on to their drive. They don’t have a drop kerb but have paved the front of their house. When we park across our own drop kerb they are forced to drive over the pavement. They haven’t bothered to ask if they can use our drop kerb and often drive over our drive to get on to their own. Surely they are committing an offence by driving over the pavement? They also often park way over the drop stone. Would I be within my rights to report this? They also go mad at anyone who parks in front of their house challenging people by saying they have a car on the drive even though they don’t have a drop kerb. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

RUallClowns 01/10/2018 at 8:29 pm

Partner bought a new bill build house 2 years and within the deeds to the house it cleats articulates that no commercial vehicles are permitted to be parked either on the drive or on the road. Neighbour opposite does not abide to this and continually parks on the road causing it difficult to park and creating an eye sore. We have contacted the builder who has sent letters but to no avail. It is clearly articulated in the deeds but nothing has happened and causing unnecessary worry and duress to my partner. Has anyone any ideas please. ? TIA.

jmb angry 26/09/2018 at 11:31 am

just pulled on to my mothers driveway dodging community bus. Continually hear of ambulance staff winging about notes left about blocked driveways. 75 year mother pays tax, insurance , maintenance and depreciation on her own car. Despite this her neighbours, who have never worked a day in their lives, enjoy free transport wherever they want to go. Their servants ( for you can call them little else) seem to enjoy an undisputed right to park over her driveway and deny my mother the right of personal mobility whenever and wherever SHE want's to go (Despite having her own debilitating health and mobility issues). Double standards! I have several elderly and infirm relatives who have recently needed emergency ambulance care and do you know what? All of them, (Or me on their behalf) would have always asked ambulance staff to have moved their vehicle if inconveniencing other people. In the case of my mother regularly emergency ambulances block a community parking space despite the fact that parking (Quite literally!!!) five yards down the road would mean that NO one was inconvenienced. Come on. Five yards in a wheelchair/stretcher is NEVER the difference between life and death. I'm 55, I've survived cancer and have two chronic illnesses. I still work 60 hours a week. Get a grip all of the politically correct of you out there and accept that you have NO RIGHT TO BLOCK ANYONE ELSES DRIVEWAY whatever your excuse.

Tine 22/08/2018 at 10:06 am

I have a neighbour to my left who has paviors for the whole driveway which has a dropped kerb to the right of their property. Sometimes I park outside her house but not over her dropped kerb. She said I shouldn't park outside her house even though I'm not on her dropped kerb and says I'm still causing an obstruction which I'm not . She just doesn't want me to park outside her house. Has she any rights?

ProblemNeighbours Editor 13/08/2018 at 3:46 pm

If they're obstructing the path of emergency vehicles the emergency services can take steps to move the vehicle. Check with your planning department to see if any conditions are in place in relation to parking/maintenance of commercial vehicles in residential areas.

Jon 13/08/2018 at 12:19 pm

I live in a Cul-de-sac, and one neighbour has 3 cars on their drive, one small van parked in the very tight turning circle, which makes it difficult for cars to turn around and exit the road, plus 1 flat bed lorry which is constantly being repaired on the road outside their house. The lorry only leaves a small space for another car to get passed, let alone a Fire engine or Ambulance. Are they breaking the law?

gmb 26/07/2018 at 6:18 pm

Hi, I live in a terraced house on a normal street....lots of cars require parking spaces...Neighbour across the road has a caravan parked on the drive which they take out on rare occasions...I came off my nightshift and had to park in front of it the other day as there was nowhere else to park....They came back to put there caravan back on the driveway seen my car and knocked the door....They started ranting about parking there, I did not bother explaining why as I could tell from the attitude it would have been pointless...I moved it straight away.......The person then said that the only person she gives permission to park there is another of my Neighbours but no one else is allowed....That irritated me a bit, picking and choosing who parks outside your driveway surely is not on?
It is an open Driveway which leads onto about 4 feet of Pavement Kerbed and then onto the street.....The Pavement is not Dropped.
I thought it was a requirement to drop the Pavement to get access to your driveway?
If you did not want people to park outside it?
I also thought but not sure that a person was not allowed to drive over a Kerb Pavement to access there Drive? Wether it be Car, Caravan or any other vechicle?
Legally what is the stance on both points?
P.S won't park there deliberately but would just like know what the Law states.
regards

Scottishlass 29/06/2018 at 3:07 pm

I have rental houses across the road from me. A young couple and only the guy drives. He owns a car and a work van. Car always parked half way up the drive and van always parked on the road two wheels on road and two wheels on pavement. Stopping at least 6 houses who people own using outside their house. No attempt to put both up the drive.the longest the van has on the road without moving is a month. He has now started leaving the car on the road and moving the van on the drive just to guarantee one of this vehicles is on the road. I've had to extend my drive just so parents can put their cars on my drive when they visit cause they can t use the road. Needs to be a change in the law. Not fair on neighbours.

Chucks babe 17/05/2018 at 9:33 pm

Why does my neighbor park on the street,has to go out and get his mail,because his car is hiding his mailbox. He has one car and a nice driveway. Even when weather is bad,he parks on street.

DJ123890 04/05/2018 at 1:52 pm

My neighbour has turned her garage into an extension (bedroom) and has grassed her drive and made flower beds. She has no off-road parking now. She now parks a trailer down the street opposite my house and it’s unsightly. In fact I’m not even sure it belongs to her but another family member. Weeds are growing under it now and it looks awful. Park it by your own house. What can I do?

Buttercup 14/04/2018 at 10:51 pm

My neighbor opposite moved in less than 2 years ago. They have 2 cars and a drive at the rear plus garage. The drive accommodates 3 cars. They never use it, they park outside their front gate, or opposite our driveway making it a complete nightmare to get in and out as it's on a bend. They say sorry, promise not to do it and carry on. Their visitors make it even worse. I give up, they are not breaking a law, just bad neighbours and lazy and just lie to keep the peace. Today we had words as they affect 4 neighbours including me. They even use one neighbour as a turning circle and are damaging her drive. It's not a police matter, it's not a private road. They appear to be reasonable talking but are taking the Micky. What do I do next, I have no desire to be friendly it would just make them worse. Any advice would be helpful.

Kel 28/03/2018 at 12:02 pm

Hi there.
I live in a end terrace house, I have a small yard in front, all my neighbors use for parking but my landlord says I can't park as it's a zebra crossing right in front. But the people across the road do it.

How can I ask to have the crossing moved. I have a child and really need a place to park the car.

Bradders 25/01/2018 at 10:50 pm

Can you help. I moved into a my first house with my wife 18 months ago and my neighbor asked me not to park on the grass verge at the front of both outlet houses. To which I agreed. Since we moved in we have had our first baby and now my wife predominately has to park the family car up our drive way so she’s not getting the baby out and having to walk a car seat from the road to the house. If my wife is not home when I get back from work then I will park on the road outside my house not on the grass verge I have been asked not to park on, so she can pull straight up the driveway. My neighbor has now on a couple of occasions been quite aggressive telling me his daughter and himself struggle to get there cars off there driveway as they say my car is causing them an obstruction.i have suggested they back there onto there drive instead of trying to back off. He has now threatened to call the police if I continue to park outside my house and not on my driveway behind my wife. Where do I stand??

carol 19/01/2018 at 6:13 pm

My neighbour leaves his Coneworx highway maintenance lorry parked really inconsiderately,at one stage even disrupting an elderly neighbours funeral when the undertaker made him move it. After this arrogant behaviour I am really tempted to involved both the police and his employer as I believe he is aware of the harassment this parking is causing,since I have recently been diagnosed with cancer and occasionally need a wheelchair it has started to be parked in such a way that while not on the pavement,it is severely restricting my access to my home. And advice would be appreciated as I believe this is targeted harassment because of my religion.

ProblemNeighbours Editor 12/01/2018 at 2:51 pm

Is it a layby (where people stop) or a slip road/access? That will make the difference into whether you get permission for a dropped kerb/driveway. Depending on where you live in the UK, you can't necessarily prevent people from stopping/parking outside your home. Contact your local highways department for more help.

Crobbo86 10/01/2018 at 7:46 pm

Hi, I am thinking of putting in a driveway at the front of my property (if I got permission). This driveway would lead into a “lay-by” (kind of like a really long bus lane) that comes off a busy main road. My question is, if I could go ahead and build it, can I stop people parking in front of my drive so that I don’t get blocked in? Or is there not much I can do, as access from my potential driveway leads into this “lay-by”?
Thanks

Fran 10/01/2018 at 6:37 pm

I live in a mid terrace house. There is a service road leading from the public' road which has a 'T-junction' at the far end of the gardens; turn left to access the garages of my terrace of six on one side and turn right to access the adjacent terrace of six on the other side.
On our side the service road is clear for vehicle access but the other side has over recent years with various new owners moving in gradually become messy with rubble/old sofas/other items lined against the fence which backs onto railway land. As well as being pretty unsightly, the debris protrudes and therefore impedes clear access particularly for a larger vehicle that may needs to reverse/manoeuvre to the back of our gardens i.e. workmen/gardeners. It has become very awkward for them Also I'm concerned about the rubbish attracting vermin.
Could you tell me if there is any legal recourse or is it simply a question of neighbours consideration/etiquette?
Also is there a rule/law about rubbish against rail network land?

ProblemNeighbours Editor 18/12/2017 at 11:11 am

There are no real rights or wrongs on private roads. It usually depends on how the deeds are drawn up and any covenants etc. Sadly, parking is not often included in these but it's worth checking. As a rule we would expect the "frontagers" should be able to park on the road that they own/forms part of their property as long as they're not causing an obstruction.

Qc 14/12/2017 at 11:06 pm

I live on a new estate, our close consists of 7 houses and the road is 'unadopted '. We were made aware of this when purchasing our house, and the deeds show that we "own the road" from edge to edge of our home and up to the middle of the road directly in front of our property....assuming this is the case for all 7 properties.
Our immediate neighbours are coming across as awkward and have complained about how our neighbours opposite park their vehicles. The neighbours opposite rent their property and park their second vehicle outside the house they are renting, this means that i cant park outside the front of my house as we'd block the road, but that doesn't bother me because my visitors just park elsewhere - my opinion is that its no ones fault new builds accommodate for 1 vehicle when most families now have more than 1. Hey ho life goes on - but for whatever reason, my neighbours have decided it is an issue and have told them that they are strictly not allowed to park on the road at all. Just out of curiosity, what are the rules on this? As far as i was concerned, i own the road outside my house so if i want to park on it, i will, unless it will cause obstruction to other road users, in which case common courtesy means ill park else where. I've told my neighbours opposite that their parking doesnt bother me and i wont mind if they continue to park there. They are clueless because they rent and the landlord has never mentioned anything about the parking/road/outside their front door. So assuming their landlord does own the road outside their home, provided we dont double park and block the road, can they park there? ?

ProblemNeighbours Editor 08/12/2017 at 3:06 pm

Are they running a business? If so, check with your planning department - many areas have conditions about running a business in a residential area. The SORN vehicle should not be parked on a public road, you can report this to the police or DVLA.

Raks 07/12/2017 at 6:09 pm

We live in a close of 11 houses. One of the neighbours on the close has 9 cars. 4 of those cars parked on the driveway haven't been moved for years. 1 of the cars is parked on the road and is SORN. there is a business van that is parked on the corner fully on the pavement covering the road sign. The cars they use they park everywhere around a narrow close.
The neighbours have asked them to be considerate and they are for a week and then everything is back to normal, they park their cars and vans everywhere. We are all worried emergency vehicles will not be able to access houses at the bottom of the close.
We are all fed up with this and don't know where to turn. Any help and advice would be appreciated.

ProblemNeighbours Editor 28/11/2017 at 3:07 pm

He doesn't "have" to use his own drive and has just as much right to park in the road as you do. However, it would not do any harm to try and appeal to his better nature to ask him to park on his drive out of courtesy to neighbours.

Sjones85 27/11/2017 at 6:03 pm

The house opposite to mine has a drive way but doesn't use it. There is limited parking on my road as it's a busy road. He is a mini cab driver is usually in and out late in the evening but when I get home from work it's very busy and he's taking up space outside my house rather than using his drive. I wouldn't even mind if he parked over his drive at least it would free up one more space. Am I within my rights to ask him to use his driveway either parking in it or over it?

shiv 11/05/2017 at 11:36 pm

My neighbour who lives opposite to the side of my house currently has 4 cars 2 of which they don't use. They refuse to allow other neighbours to park on a public parking area. On the side of my house there is a parking bay/area where you could park about 4 cars. This parking bay/area is situated on the right side of a T junction/road. The neighbour who lives opposite to the side of the house as well as the parking area, parks all 4 of their cars on the side (2 of which they do not use/drive). When one of their car leaves they move another one of their car in that spot. If a resident on that street attempts to park in that area the neighbour comes out yelling saying that they cannot park there. If a resident does park in the area they go find the resident knock on their door and order them to remove their car as they need to park theirs. I cannot stress enough the fact that this is a public parking space and what they are doing to not only me and my father but also the rest of the neighbours is just very very arrogant and selfish. It just doesn't make sense not allowing others to park on public street parking and also ordering other residents to move their car. What can i do or whom do i go to report this???

Rach1880 30/04/2017 at 6:59 pm

We live in a detached house in a new development and have a driveway and a garage. As my partner is self employed he has a small van, a car and I also have a car. Most of the time his car is in the garage and his van and my car are in our driveway. There is an area of grass out the front of the house in front of our living room window next to our driveway. We are thinking of converting the garage in to another room and getting the grass taken away and mono-blocking put down so that we can park the 2 cars and the vans out there once the garage has gone. All of the vehicles will be parked right in front of our living room and the new room (old garage) window to the right of our house (where there is no other neighbour) and will not be in front of our other neighbour (to the left of our house) window in any way. However when my partner was chatting to our neighbour about it today the neighbour turned around and said that my partner's van will be blocking their view!! Oh and he added that if we are digging up the tree from our garden (that the builders put there) they will take it for their front garden (which in effect will block their view when it's fully grown!) I couldn't believe the cheek of him! As for "the view" he is referring to, there isn't one! A block of flats has been built right across the busy,main road from our houses so it's not like there's a beautiful stunning view there! Did he seriously expect us to say "Well ok mate, we'll not get our mono-blocking done then!"

ProblemNeighbours Editor 06/04/2017 at 11:32 am

There may have been a dropped kerb from when the garage was still in place/use. White line H markers are usually provided by the council on application to deter others from blocking one's access. They are usually the same width as the opening.

HUT 04/04/2017 at 8:49 pm

My daughters neighbour changed the front of his house. The house is quite plain two windows up and two down the door is accessed on the side. A few years ago the downstairs to the house was changed. There was a drive in garage this was changed and they put in a window. This was not a separate garage.
The frontage measures about 10' x 20' max. this leads onto the pavement.
there is a dropped kerb which runs the whole width of the house. In the road there is a white a single white line. if my daughter parks on it they come straight out and tell her to move. Even for unloading they are very aggressive which is upsetting. they have a Range Rover which is quite old and they park right outside there house blocking there windows down on the ground floor. We are a bit confused on how this got planning for parking actually on this part of their property and indeed if they are allowed.

Parking is restricted in this area and with the Range Rover parked sideways on when they start it up the exhausts fume go straight over into the front of my house where there is a small wall with a gate.

Can you please advise if they would have had to get planning permission for the change of design from the garage down stairs, the front and the white lines painted to the front.
Is there a measurement for parking outside the house at the front.

Chloe 08/03/2017 at 10:37 pm

I live in a road by town on a one way street on a busy street where cars come into the street rather fast off the main road but parking is awful where people that live on the main road park as well as the people in the street we have a neighbour that lives across the road that owns a old Land Rover and has parked his car in front of our house we do have a drive that we park the car on but get on it at a funny angle and you can just see past the hedge come and see down the road make sure it's safe to come off but this Land Rover is only used it to store things and hadn't moved it in weeks but it's obstructing our view of the road of the cars coming into the street I'm worried that one day as our view is so obstructed of the road that some day someone may go into my car when I'm coming off it but I don't know what to do about the situation any ideas please?

ProblemNeighbours Editor 22/02/2017 at 12:05 pm

Well yes probably, as they would have paid for the dropped kerb to be installed initially.

Dawn 19/02/2017 at 7:31 pm

My neighbours have asked us not to drive on the pavement in front of their house as they will have to pay for any damage to the pavement. We park partially over the pavement in front of our own house, but use the dip on the curb outside theirs to get up the pavement outside ours. Is it true they would have to pay for damage? They nit-pick all the time so I'm sure this is rubbish.

ProblemNeighbours Editor 06/02/2017 at 2:08 pm

The police should surely do something about this? Did the ambulance crew make a complaint to the police after the incident you mention?

may.s 04/02/2017 at 2:37 am

My neighbour is parking his coneworx roadwork lorry right on the pavement outside my front gate,completely blocking access to my front door,I don't drive or have a drive way,its actually my door way path I can't use,this is stopping me from being able to have my disabled partner from staying as I cant get her chair in or out,we have to lift it over a neighbours fence,the same with my garden bin for recycling. I am in poor health and my immediate neighbour who is also being affected is severely disabled,we have tried the police,council and asking him to move it nicely,but unfortunately he seems to be a bit of a bully who enjoys this awful situation. At Xmas my other neighbour actually took a ministroke and the ambulance crew were furiously trying to gain access to the front path and couldn't thanks to this lout,I believe that they reported his coneworx lorry,number 95,for those interested to police Scotland and his employer,but we are still being boxed in so who knows. Hope someone from Coneworx,Scotland reads this,awful person working for them

jacquie 18/01/2017 at 1:08 pm

I live in a lane which has only one way access, there is parking assigned to all the houses in the lane, at the moment someone has parked a horse box outside their house, but it blocks half of the road with no access to fire engines ambulances or anything bigger than a car.
What are our rights to have it removed.
We all have a space with our house no on it.

Jb 12/01/2017 at 12:50 pm

My neighbours fence ( legally hers ) is in disrepair but it is now falling onto our smaller decking fence and is causing damage to it . I have asked my neighbour to repair it but she says she won't what can I do about damage to my fence and is she liable for damage to our property

Jb 12/01/2017 at 12:39 pm

My neighbours fence ( legallyhers ) is in disrepair but it is now falling onto out smaller decking fence and is causing damage to it . I have asked my neighbour to repair it but she says she won't what can I do about damage to my fence

Ksm 08/12/2016 at 9:19 am

Hi I wanted some legal advice about a confrontation that happened to me to day. My daughters school is on a very Busy street and I wanted to turn around so are used a residential carpark to do so but then as very rude man came out of his house and parked in the road so I could not get by. He insisted on staying there for as long as possible until I became agitated after 20 minutes of waiting he then approached my vehicle and told me it is a private road that he owns and I'm not allowed to use it to turn around and he continued to be very rude and in doing so upset my children in the car at present. I apologise to Him just so he would move his car but he continued to be very threatening, does he have the right to do this and if not what do I do?

jack 03/12/2016 at 3:45 pm

I live on ground that is lower than the neighbour who had then also raised his ground level to 3 foot higher, so he parks his truck so that his windscreen is looking through over into my front windows. Not matter what I tried to put to cover there, he will move his windscreen further and further.

Also he has installed street lights that up his drive an higher level so there are on all night an light up the drive completely there and light up the front of my house and into my windows because I am lower down in the level.

This was a complexly dark rural areas and now all night alongside my home is light up by his?

Can you suggest anything?

Rosie 28/11/2016 at 3:57 pm

I am buying a new home. Two weeks off completion. Then the builder told me they have "mistakenly" erected my boundary fence a metre into my garden according to my deeds and title documents. However they have approached the neighbour behind who has benefitted from this for almost 3 years and despite having a garage uses this extra peice of land to park another car.
its clear from the drawings and plans he was meant to have a narrow strip to access his back garden instead he has this piece of my garden to park another vehicle.

He has told the developer he won't give it back.i do understand his feelings but he doesn't own it?

My solicitor says it's clear he doesn't own it ,hasn't paid for it ,its on my deeds so effectively Ime paying for it and he is using it.

He says they should send a notice letter to say they are moving the fence if he wants to contest at his own expense up to him but he hasn't any legal rights.

Hate this, no wish to upset a neighbour it's a mess not of my making. Holding up my move but I need to sort or it will cause issues further down the line should I sell?

Any ideas on this or how strong my position is!? Total mess!

Minnie 26/11/2016 at 7:05 pm

We live on the end of a culdesac and over the road the house has a garage facing n directly on the road side,opposite my house,when he's coming in and out his head lights shine directly into my front window,and when we park our car he blocks us in,what can we do

Zulu 03/11/2016 at 9:14 pm

Hi I park my car where my dad lives. However, My car is not registered there but I am the only one who looks after him and help him with daily basis. I believe I have a right to park there because as like other tenants, we have one car parking place so I am just parking to his parking place. I had an argument one of his neighbor about parking my car. Can anyone tell me what legally action Required to take to get rid of her? Do I need to change my registration address for the car? Thanks

Di 15/10/2016 at 1:19 pm

We have a driveway and two cars we park one car on driveway and one car directly behind we have never had an issue until late our new neighbours decided to park behind my second car up on the pavement on the corner. We are a no through road. Is he allowed to park on the pavement?

ProblemNeighbours Editor 06/10/2016 at 12:01 pm

If you feel you are parking considerately and are not causing an obstruction then the police will not be able to do anything about this. Just state your case to the police, to be honest it's unlikely they'll even follow up on it.

Lizz 04/10/2016 at 9:03 pm

We have two cars and due to our high usage of both we park one car on our drive and one in front of the electrical box next door or a little further up along a fence. This space is on the road opposite my neighbours garages. We were told by our neighbour that they wanted us to park only infront of the electrical box. When we did this they then told us we could not even park there as they struggled to park in their many garages. We ignored this last request as we felt it unfair and unsuitable to our needs. They have reported us to the police as nuisance neighbours! Is there anything we can do as this is bordering on harassment and seems unfair we have been reported. Help please.

ProblemNeighbours Editor 04/10/2016 at 11:40 am

What is the reason for his owning so many vehicles? There may not be much you can do about the parking if he's parking legally but if he's running a business or any kind of commercial operation, your council's planning officer may be able to take action.

Brad 03/10/2016 at 6:32 pm

Hi, I live on a road of terraced cottages in a built up area. The road is straight, but my neighbour (who I also share access to a driveway with) parks 6, yes, 6 of his vehicles out on the road. He also has a further 3 in the driveway, which is in disrepair because of the vehicles he uses. All are taxed and insured, so legally I dont think he's doing anything lawfully wrong. But there are probably 25 houses down this street who are able to use parking outside. Not all do drive, yet he still parks all his vehicles out in the front when he's the only one with a driveway to accommodate such things. I have tried THREE times now about the situation and he just becomes aggressive and ignorant to the situation. What should I do now?

ProblemNeighbours Editor 27/09/2016 at 12:28 pm

If this parking is actually blocking pedestrian access for wheelchair or pram users then the police will be able to take action. If the neighbour/lodger is simply parking on the road in front of your home and you do not have a dropped kerb/driveway, there is very little that you can do about it.

rachy 26/09/2016 at 10:29 am

i live on a corner my my neighbour has a drive way. he parks one car on there and his lodger parks in front of his drive and the owner`s car in front of my gate
. ( i dont have a drop kerb) i feel trapped this is causing an obstruction. is there anything i can do about this. my mum cant visit shes in a wheel chair and cant get into my gate.
thank you.

ProblemNeighbours Editor 26/09/2016 at 10:19 am

You should check this with your local council, they should be able to tell you if it's a public or private parking space.

Sue 24/09/2016 at 8:54 am

Hi i run the restaurant business in a small parade. My Italian neighbour has got his dropped kerbs infront of his shop. He keep telling people of that no one can park outside his shop apart from his customer. He said he has got a rights to park obstruct the way and allow only his customer parking. We can not get out of the premise cause it's only way to get out. He said he pay for the kerbs. And he didn't use his private parking much. He always park on the public park while his parking space is free. Which left not many space for other customer parking. What is my rights

ProblemNeighbours Editor 21/09/2016 at 2:12 pm

Unfortunately as long as you can get your vehicle out of its parking space, there is no obstruction being caused.

Sam 20/09/2016 at 5:20 am

Some one parked his car very close to my car. He lives on next road and being lazy to park his car on back side where he supposed to park. He blocked my way to get access to my car I can't even pass through and open my car bonnet and take the pushchair out of my car. I left note for leave enough space between car but he ignored. Can someone advice please what legally action need to take to get rid of this problem.

Bill 16/09/2016 at 9:22 pm

When you apply to the council to drop the kerb to form a driveway into your property you receive permission to cross a public footpath you do not own the public road where the kerb has been dropped it is still part of the highway. You can park over the driveway as long as you do not obstruct them from leaving the drive. Same as you do not have the exclusive use of the right to park outside your home

Bill 16/09/2016 at 9:14 pm

When you apply to the local authority for a dropped kerb to form a driveway you get permission to drive over a public footpath you do not own the public road where the kerb has been dropped it is still part of the highway.

ProblemNeighbours Editor 13/09/2016 at 11:19 am

Is this a public road? If so can you contact the council and ask them about if they can do anything about the restrictions to the turning area? Generally if there is a turning area at the end of a cul de sac, it's accepted that no one parks there.

Jess 11/09/2016 at 11:51 am

Hi, I live in the bottom end of cul de sac where there are 2 houses and space to turn around. One of the houses has opened up the bottom end of his garden onto the cul de sac and now parks three cars in the area which you are supposed to turn around. I have parked there a couple of times and now he has put up a sign about not parking in front of his access. Where do I stand in terms of parking there and does he have a right to use the access when he doesn't live in the road, he has altered his own land. Thank you.

Itslynnagain 23/08/2016 at 5:49 pm

We have a neighbor who has three cars acroo the street with car covers that never
ever move. A big eye sore

Gazza 19/08/2016 at 9:23 pm

My neighbour and I share the same drive even though there is a dividing line between the two properties.
Since these neighbours have moved in,we have had parking issues regarding the way they park their vehicles.
They park right on the dividing line so enabling us to some days to not been able to squeeze between their cars and my garden wall, and if we can park finding it impossible to exit our cars without the passenger doors not fully opening. Whilst their cars leaving plenty of room for their passengers to open their doors completely.
We have tried to hold a civilized conversation regarding this issue with them, without resolving the problem.
I have been tempted to park my car in line with their drivers doors enabling them to enter their cars... Ok as a pay back. But know this will only lead to more heated debates and arguments.

Ladytracey 1 17/08/2016 at 1:10 pm

Sick of our neighbours opposite our home. 4 broken down cars on drive. At least 3 cars on road. That he moves around. 1 large van permanently parked a few doors down. He is always adding and removing cars. Fixing other people cars and his own through out the day and evening. Him and his wife have a nasty mouth. When any neighbours say anything. Every so often police and housing come round. The cars and noise improve for a short while. Then all goes back to how it was. Myself and hubby hv had enough and I sure everyone else on street has. 5 years. He has young kids that hang around too. People nipping in and out at night. They scream at they 4 children. All the time. She has screamed at me saying I informed housing on her. They are very rude to everyone. What can you suggest we do. Other than move.

Mr.E.Nigma 16/08/2016 at 3:56 pm

We have had a feud with our neighbours for a while even though we are unsure why they resent us. But lately after many a phonecall to authorities regarding other issues they have now started intentionally waiting before my wife gets home to drive one of their cars out their drive and park outside our house. We do not have a drive and have an 11 month old baby. All we get from the police is they are legally parked but surely the fact they are intentionally keeping their car in the drive until half an hour before my wife gets home something can be done? It's extremely infuriating and nasty and I'm at the end of my rope here. Surely this is some form of harassment?

Turnip 15/08/2016 at 10:26 pm

A neighbour who lives In a corner house and has a large gate which open into his garden. The neighbour is now 80 and does not drive. He has the council put a marking on the road and he has written no parking on the gate. Recently he has being phoning up the council as soon as he sees someone parking in that spot. The garden gate acces has not been used for access or egress for years. What is the course of action.

ProblemNeighbours Editor 12/08/2016 at 12:16 pm

You can park there as long as there are no parking restrictions. They cannot simply "get" double yellow lines painted - this is something only the council can sanction and a Traffic Regulation Order would need to issue first (you have the option to object to this).

Advice needed 10/08/2016 at 1:32 pm

The neighbour directly across from us have drive onto the main street through the village. They have now built another drive (and dropped the kerb) onto the back their house which sits opposite to a legal street parking space in front of our house. When we park there, they complain that it blocks them in! They say they had council permission, but I have found no record. They threatened to get double yellows painted outside to prevent parking. I dont want to make a fuss but they are forcing my hand. Please help.

ProblemNeighbours Editor 08/08/2016 at 11:01 am

There is nothing to prevent you from parking in front of your own dropped kerb.

Roxy 07/08/2016 at 2:14 pm

Hi.My neighbour has friends & family who keep blocking my driveway.I have a dropped kerb.Between me & my husband we have a car each.Would I be breaking the law if I was to block my own drive to avoid them parking in front?

ProblemNeighbours Editor 05/08/2016 at 10:48 am

If there is an actual obstruction (ie. your father cannot get his vehicle out of his driveway at all) then the police should be able to help. He could also consider asking the council for a whiteline marker outside his property which could deter would-be parkers.

Timmis 03/08/2016 at 7:48 pm

Hi, my dad lives in the bottom corner of a culdesac in which there are 2 houses in the corner! The neighbours visitors always park outside there driveway( not on it) which results in my dad notbeing able to get in/ out of his drive! Who can they report it too to stop it happening

ProblemNeighbours Editor 02/08/2016 at 2:31 pm

That really depends on whether the spaces are designated for residents only. If they are, then yes, unless there are specific visitor spaces then you cannot park in the residents' spaces (though you could argue that you were simply using your mum's space assuming she wasn't using one of the others).

Do 02/08/2016 at 1:08 pm

My mums next door neighbour does not park on his own drive but parks across the way on one of the spare parking spaces. He left a note on my car on Sunday saying the parking spaces were for residents only as I had parked my car in the space he usually uses, - he had to park on his own drive that day. I don't think I have done anything wrong, - have I

Shab 28/07/2016 at 10:45 pm

Hi I live in a street my next door neighbours son always park in front of my door which means I have to park on other side of the road sometimes I can't find any parking space which means I have to park on someone's drive which is inappropriate I have two young children in the winter we struggle getting in an out the car as it's off distance please can someone help me as I have been putting up with this with 3 years now.

ProblemNeighbours Editor 14/07/2016 at 12:53 pm

If you cannot get round the vehicle on foot and/or would put yourself in danger by doing so, then contact your local police. The Highway Code says: "You MUST NOT park partially or wholly on the pavement in London, and should not do so elsewhere unless signs permit it. Parking on the pavement can obstruct and seriously inconvenience pedestrians, people in wheelchairs or with visual impairments and people with prams or pushchairs"

redemlou 11/07/2016 at 8:45 pm

Hi
I have a neighbour who has a two space driveway but has three cars, they park the 3rd car across they bottom of the driveway on the pavement therefore blocking access to the public who have to walk around the car to get to the otherside, are they parking illegally here??
Thank you

Shinystar 27/06/2016 at 6:56 pm

Hi, I have lived in my current housing association associationffordable rent flat for almost 10 years. Although the building does not have specific parking for its residents, the flat was never advertised as being in a car free development. There are many side roads that myself and other residents park on and it only takes a few minutes to get to our block. The residents where this parking is available all have separate designated driveways or off street parking available to them. My local authority have set up a cpz and won't allow my block to apply for permits. They did not consult with my block before deciding on this. We are the only residents in the area who park in these spaces but can no longer do so. Our other nearest parking available is about 15 mins walk so 72 flats- some with small children and some who use cars for work or have mobility problems have suddenly got nowhere at all to park. Can we take the local authority to court for not following correct process with planning and discriminating against people in social housing intermediate rent? We have parked here for 10 years and the whole area is now sitting empty. The people who can apply for permits don't need them and the people who need them can't apply for them!!

ProblemNeighbours Editor 20/06/2016 at 1:46 pm

In general if you park in front of a dropped kerb, you are causing an obstruction. In some parts of the country like London, it's actually illegal to park across a dropped kerb.

Pauli 19/06/2016 at 9:56 am

Hi
Neighbour has a drive with dropped kerb, what I want to know is, if cars are allowed to park their car as long as the rear doesn't pass where the kerb is dropped, as they always moan. But their friends and family parks all the time when they visit. We live on a main road.

Serenity 15/06/2016 at 12:51 am

One of my neighbours who does not live directly near me has 3 cars and a large works van that he parks on his drive, leaving 1 car parked outside there home and the other 2 cars parked outside neighbours where there is any space they will without no respect park to there advantage. I received one of the cars constantly outside my home. I have a drive for my car, unfortunately my family have to park elsewhere and can never park outside my home as they feel because they pay road tax etc then they have all the rights to inconvenience of no respect as a neighbour of our rights regarding this and yet reading comments about the law for parking there is nothing we can do. There has been many problems with other neighbours with them in regards to the same problem as I have mentioned, as advised that nothing we can do. I tried to speak to them regarding this and mentioned if any of my 2 sons parked everyday outside her home that her family could not park to there property then how would they like it. No comment without any sympathy only the selfish attitude of her rights without any regard of ours. Is there anything I could do and yes he parked 1/2 on the pavement. Giving about 12. Inches for the public to pass with difficulty.

ProblemNeighbours Editor 09/05/2016 at 11:51 am

It the parking space on her own property?

Dani 06/05/2016 at 11:58 am

Neighbours has set up trampoline on her parking space what is the law.

Neighbour to Serious 01/03/2016 at 12:39 pm

My truly cut above neighbours have decided that they don't need the drive installed at their housing association rented property - which at considerable cost was given a 'free' dropped kerb by the local authority recently!
Despite 2 members receiving DLA /PIP HIGH RATE for not being able to walk , they have decided not to get a car to assist their getting around , instead choosing taxis, or their moped (2wheeled not a disability one!) by which to facilitate their ever growing drug dealing round. Or if a rush job, they will have a jog (SERIOULSY - they will run!) to meet a customer (unless in early hours of morning when they come to them banging gates doors and leaving taxi Diesel engines running whilst they grab their fix)
Anyway back to point - they have wheelbarrowed soil from the back and dumped it on the driveway at the front - a lovely sight that will be self weed seed rather than any grass seed to make a proper grassed area. But this has been done without getting permission from the housing association - surely you can't just cover a drive like that on a whim????

saurabhnk 03/02/2016 at 8:34 am

I need help in drafting a letter to housing society for changing my parking to other location due to upcoming office for Bank in our Residential building.

They have permanently given us a parking spot which is right on the slope going downwards to the basement. The given parking is right at the turning point of all vehicles towards basement. Since the width of the ground is narrow, I have to almost stick my car to the wall in order to let other cars pass towards basement. My mom finds it difficult to park in such constraint and narrow location for parking.

Please help me to draft a letter to our Housing Society office, requesting them to provide us a better parking location.

DS94 28/01/2016 at 5:28 pm

Hello, I have a neighbour across the road has room for 2 cars on his drive and room for another 2 on the lowered pavement outside his drive. Ongoing for years, he goes through childish spats of parking his car across the road outside our house (leaving 1 or 0 cars on the drive) and continues doing it even more if a neighbour lets on its annoying or causing parking issues as there are just enough spaces for the normal amount of cars. *He even went to extremes of moving his car off his drive the second a space across the road cleared up*. Now he has started doing it again however as there is no space across the road *ever*, he parks a further 20-30meters from his house around the side of our houses intentionally blocking at least 2 spaces so when someone brings their work van home no one else can park (Leaves 3-6 cars having to park on the next street ~100m walk away). Is there anything that can be done seeing as he is intentionally doing it to annoy the neighbours?

ProblemNeighbours Editor 20/01/2016 at 2:32 pm

If he's not breaking any parking rules (i.e it's not a private road/has no parking restrictions), there is not much you can do. Have you tried mentioning that you cannot get your vehicle out easily? If you are genuinely obstructed and cannot exit your drive, the police can also help.

cross 20/01/2016 at 8:05 am

Hi there my neighburs are very selfish and I want to know if I have a right to say something, he has a 3 car length driveway but they only have 2 cars, to my annoyance so his lazy wife can get out with ease he parks one of the cars outside their house on the road as far up to my boundary to my drive as he can which makes it incredibly difficult to get out when I have his car to the left of me, a car behind me and one to my right it leaves me hardly any room to swing my car out, not only this he has started bringing vehicles home from his work and leaving them outside all day dumped and once he even let a family member park his car there for 2 weeks when they went on holiday our street already had parking issues due to each huse hold having too many cars and he's fueling my annoyance dumping his work cars outside too what can I do?

Mog 18/01/2016 at 4:31 pm

Yes we also have this problem with parking outside our house, One of the neighbors has driveway for 2 cars, but only parks one car on it, l'v spoken to him many a times, he says he can park anywhere he likes, and won't let anyone else park on his drive, only his car, his lodgers park outside our house, due to vandals,my car has been keyed down the road, I've got CCTV it only covers outside my house, that's why I like to park,what apart from move what can we do? he doesent have a dropped kerb , so I want to park outside his house and let him know I'm within my rights also, Neighborhood common courtesy, does not apply to him,WHY

sbw 17/01/2016 at 10:28 pm

Hi
I am a the chairman of the local Residents Association and I have been contacted by an anonymous resident with regards to a car that parks opposite their house. In my estate the houses have a number of restrictive covenants attached to them. One of them states
'Not to park any vehicle (commercial or private) caravan trailer or boat of any kind on any part of the Development other than the Property'
The car in question is fully taxed and from my research is not breaking any Highways Laws. I have no problem with the car but I would like to understand if the restrictive covenant out-ranks the Highways Act or is it the other way round?

Mazza 17/01/2016 at 8:53 am

Had a white line put down outside my drive by council after neighbours who just moved rented and started pArking on my drive within our boundaries ,, as for the neighbour next to her is greedy has garage two drives and also bare cheek took the neighbours to us and her there drive which leave them one space when we all have two each share drives ,,,so neighbours fallen out with us ,,,why when next to them took there space ,, and now they got there friend parking back of my drive over other side giving me little room to get out even worse in the snow and there plenty of space else were ,,anything I can do about this maybe yellow line next should be discussed as seen as neighbours got no common sense

Jayla 08/01/2016 at 9:06 am

There is a garage at the end of my road. The man that owns this garage also buys cars but leaves majority of the cars on the road to be parked so its difficult to find parking on my road as his cars are taking up the space. I have asked him to move his cars on numerous occasions but he refuses to move them. Neighbours have got into arguements and even arrested because of him parking his cars on our road. And also I live opposite a school where there is zig zag yellow lines. I have had no where to park apart from there and have received so many tickets as I have forgotten to move my car in the morning before school starts. Is there anything that I can do?

ProblemNeighbours Editor 06/01/2016 at 11:42 am

There is nothing to prevent someone from parking on the opposite side of the road to a driveway, so unfortunately there is not much you can do.

Fox87 05/01/2016 at 5:19 pm

I visit my mum regularly.Almost every time no matter when there is a car parked opposite her drive.The neighbours live further into the cul-de-sac so I can only see they are parking the 2nd car off their drive for their own convenience.
I have a Land Rover Discovery. Driving on and off is no problem at all but reversing on and off is as the drive has bricks all the way to the end so i don't have much space to line up and have to turn tight at last min if reversing off.
A few months ago I said to the neighbour who moved it straight away.Now it is happening again and she was rude and refused to move it.
I have a young baby and the drive is steep and long so need to park up on it.What can I do?

ProblemNeighbours Editor 14/12/2015 at 2:21 pm

Yes this is rude but you are not supposed cross a pavement where the kerb has not been dropped, so a driver could reasonably expect that he was not blocking anyone in. What reasons have the council given for refusing your dropped kerb application?

Pezzo 14/12/2015 at 3:25 am

We have a drive which does not have a dropped curb since the council wont build one for us. We had a car park infront saying they were able to do it since there was no dropped curb even tho they could see they were blocking my way to get to an appointment. He was very VERY rude to me and called me names. Appart from the bullying, is Parking like this ok to do?

ProblemNeighbours Editor 11/12/2015 at 11:48 am

Firstly ask the neighbour about it. Maybe they don't realise it's causing a problem. If this does not achieve a solutions, you could contact your highways department to ask them for advice if it's really causing a problem on the pavement.

tiger 10/12/2015 at 10:45 am

My neighbour had her house fixed by cowboy builders this year.The driveway was left and my neighbour decided to put bags and bags of pebbles on the driveway.The problem I have is when they drive in and out of the driveway the big pebbles come into the pavement, so when your walking past you end up falling or twisting the ankle. She doesnt even brush the pebbles back into the drive. Who do I complain to?

Shirl 28/11/2015 at 7:03 pm

My neighbour puts out warning cone infront of his house to stop people parking there is he breaking the law

ProblemNeighbours Editor 10/11/2015 at 10:02 am

If you are disabled it might be worth applying to the council for a white line marker outside your home. This may help to prevent the inconsiderate parking.

J 08/11/2015 at 3:19 pm

My neighbour who has a drive and garage only uses the drive for one car the second car to allow parking encroaches onto my bit of parking and they have to park almost on my bumper(sometimes even touching my bumper). I have a disabled husband and need access to my boot to accommodate his wheelchair. I have asked the neighbours why they park so close to my bumper and they deny they do, I have photographic evidence of this. I have a sticker on the rear of my car asking politely to give wheelchair access but this does not seem to make any difference. We now no longer go out at weekends as on return I cannot get back in the space unless I also park too near to their cars, which I am not prepared to do

Anyone got any solutions?

Suzy 17/09/2015 at 3:39 pm

We got refused planning for a hard standing front& drop kerb in 2013 , appealed got refused by planning inspectorate, we hav since had our front garden blocked paved , we hav not driven on it for 2 yrs , the coucil threatened with fines & imprisoment for us to permantly stop up the access , we put posts in , then removed them recently may 2015 , now coucil are saying put a brick wall or fence to rectify the breach of planning control , or a £20,000 fine & criminal record , we are a semi bungalow my neighbour has paved front plus drop kerb which he said we could use , it was done yrs ago we are on a public highway , I feel victimised , 4 houses share 2 dropped kerbs next to us ,

ProblemNeighbours Editor 11/09/2015 at 11:28 am

We can't really help on the "pipe" access as it's not really clear what work has been carried out. As for the dropped kerb/drive, yes the police will only act if someone is "obstructed" from exiting their drive, not entering it. It will however, antagonise your neighbour were you to park in front of his drive on a regular basis.

ProblemNeighbours Editor 11/09/2015 at 11:24 am

You may need to seek expert help with this, but in the first instance, you could try suggesting that the neighbour divert the waste pipe since he has never had permission for it to be there? What did the water company say? Can they act on the fact that the pipe has been joined to their sewer without their knowledge/permission? If you want to extend, there are not really any alternative options.

AA 10/09/2015 at 11:25 am

My next neighbour in my terrace as dropped a kerb and replaced his front garden with a hard standing; as the garden was 4ft above the road this means that he has removed many tonnes of soil and dug to a depth of 4ft right up to my foundations: the neighbour has also diverted a pipe along the front of the terrace with an "S-bend" with no access - he put this deviation under the corner of my lawn while I was away on a work trip. I believe that there are implication for Party-Wall; Building Control and planning but the local authority seem careless about any of it. The neighbour parks on the road across his new "drive" but complains if anyone stops him from access to his frontage if they park across it. I believe that he actually has no statutory access across the pavement to enter the hard-standing if it is blocked but can complain if he can't get out with his car?

KMH 10/09/2015 at 11:08 am

Having bought a 1960s semi I was told by the owner of next detached house that he had laid a waste pipe in the shared path running a couple of feet from my house: I discovered that the pipe actually comes onto my garden and there is a small access cover there. There is nothing mentioned on the searches about any change of title to part of the garden nor any thing from the seller about party wall or building regulation approval of change of access rights which can give access for repairs (the pipe is anyway "down-wind" for blockages etc). The water company were unaware of the pipe's join to their sewer which has been done since 2012.
I am dismayed at this potential for dispute and especially so as I need to extend over the front garden to make the property viable (it is very small).
I wonder if you have any comments to help which would gratefully regarded?

ProblemNeighbours Editor 27/08/2015 at 11:02 am

We don't know anything about this rule sorry. Some councils specify a certain depth of garden so that there is sufficient length for parking a car off road this is (usually 5m).

ProblemNeighbours Editor 25/08/2015 at 2:31 pm

We don't have full details of the property set up and ownership. It might be worth contacting the Estates office at your local council. They will have details about all the council owned land and the access rights etc. It may be that they are willing to sell the land to you to create a parking space.

ProblemNeighbours Editor 25/08/2015 at 1:46 pm

If he's not parked on your property or the pavement, then there's not a great deal you can do unfortunately. You might want to check your deeds to see if there are any covenants relating to commercial vehicles parked in drives etc.

Betty1 25/08/2015 at 9:38 am

We applied to the council to convert our garden into a hard stand but got turned down as our neighbour's already have one and they state there is a 6 metre rule available between crossings (hardstands) .We have no asked for the kerb to be dropped to our shared drive for ease of access to drive which our neighbour's are I agreement to and they have turned us down again quoting the 6 metre rule.Ours is the only drive in the rd with no dropped kerb but they say that has no bearing as it is historical and they can't comment on this.Any advice please?.

Kaz 23/08/2015 at 12:40 pm

Me and my neighbour are the only two houses without a drive way. But two parking spaces are in front of my house. I had a drive way put in, on the deeds it states that she owned the parking space by the fence, the other space nearest to my house is owned by the council. I have two cars and my neighbour also. When we park in in the space she gets annoyed and is very verbally abuse. If we park on the pavement and leave room for her, our car gets damaged. Police have been informed. I have a path and small patch of grass behind my fence which is her right of way, but again is owned by the council. She parks on it at times, but again if we do our cars get damaged. When my children visit they don't stay long as worried about cars being damaged or she comes out swearing. This is affecting my health as we stay out of her way but she finds something else to moan about. I don't no who to contact to get advice, and what department of the council to contact. Hope some way can help me

katedan 23/08/2015 at 7:34 am

My neighbour owns a large van, we Park on our drive and where his van is quite big when we try and get off our drive we are unable to see if there are any vehicles coming up the road, any advise would be great.

ProblemNeighbours Editor 17/08/2015 at 11:23 am

You should contact the landlord of the tenants in question. He/she can take action relating to their tenancy. If this is unsuccessful, you may have to ask a solicitor about the options relating to enforcing the access agreement.

Welsh 16/08/2015 at 4:04 pm

I share a driveway (access road) to two garages at the back of the property which is split into two flats. The downstairs tenants constantly park their car or van on the access(drive) road. It is driving me crazy as at the weekends I then cannot get my classic car out of the garage and have free access, to pass out of my garage, along the side of the property and onto the public highway, without having to ask the downstairs tenants to move their vehicle. The tenants on one occasion even asked me, what time I would be back! I am a shared freeholder with the owner of the downstairs property ( who rents the property out via a letting agent.) My property deeds state the access road is a shared responsible for up keep and repair.. I feel that the downstairs tenants constantly parking their vehicles on the access road will also lead to premature damage to the driveway, to which I am jointly responsible for its good state of repair. I feel very aggrieved by the tenants behaviour downs towards me. Please help as I am at my wits end at the behaviour shown towards me.

JN79 09/08/2015 at 6:55 pm

Hi, was wondering if anyone can give me advice. My neighbour is driving me nuts. He is the only one that drives in the household, but is always causing parking issues. He now has a caravan and a transit van in the driveway. This means the transit it actually over the driveway onto the footpath. He then has two car parked on the path in front of his house and our neighbours. Aswell as this he has this, he has a car that isn't being used in the parking Bay across the road. In total he alone has 5 vehicles. The footpath is completely blocked. To get a pram across we'd have to go into the road. Does anyone know the law on this?
Many thanks

Steph 08/08/2015 at 10:51 pm

Hello there,
I am in desperate need for some help. My next door neighbour and I have been having constant disputes over parking for the past year (my neighbour has 3 cars I have 1). I applied to get my curb dropped last year, however recently my neighbour has as well. Within the past week it has been measured out for where the curb has to go from for my neighbour. Going off the measurements my neighbour's dropped curb is going to be taking at least four foot from my pavement. I have been on the phone to the council almost constant and they are palming me off saying that will not happen. Then it will be. I need some advice, I won't be getting my curb dropped until after Xmas. But going off the measurements for my neighbour's curb it is encroaching onto my side, I really don't know what to do. Thank you in advance.

ProblemNeighbours Editor 31/07/2015 at 2:13 pm

@Catarina. If there's no clear entrance or driveway, then maybe it's not obvious to people that they are causing an obstruction? Is there a pavement that you drive across? If so you should have applied to the council for a dropped kerb. These sometimes act as a deterrent.

Catarina 30/07/2015 at 1:08 am

I live in my parent's house and the driveway is full. Recently my parents bought the property next door, it's mostly all grass no house. I use beginning part to park my cars. Every year there is a block party and people park everywhere and block me in can I do anything about that? There is no official driveway or entrance just grass.

ProblemNeighbours Editor 28/07/2015 at 10:57 am

@naz. If the cars are taxed, insured, Mot'd etc then they can be parked anywhere that parking is allowed. However, your local council may have bylaws/conditions about running a business in the area, so contact the planning or environmental health departments.

naz 26/07/2015 at 4:05 pm

The niebour has his own drive way now he started selling cars and we have limted car parking we have to park on the grass any law please help we are in a little grove

naz 26/07/2015 at 4:01 pm

We live in a little grove the neibour oppisite me as freehold home we are concil tenent anyway he has his own drive way now he start selling cars all over the grove and we have no parking space. We have to park on the grass mud everywere please advice

ProblemNeighbours Editor 17/07/2015 at 2:04 pm

@marty. Yes report this to the police. The highway code states: "Parking on the pavement can obstruct and seriously inconvenience pedestrians, people in wheelchairs or with visual impairments and people with prams or pushchairs.
Law GL(GP)A sect 15"

marty 14/07/2015 at 2:26 pm

I have recently moved house and where I live it is quite hilly. Therefore from the street you have to go down a number of stairs to reach the front door. There is only one access from the street to the stairs which is an opening of approx. one metre wide. A car was parked, half on the pavement due to a narrow road, across the entrance at the top of the stairs. It was difficult to gain access to our entrance, could not take out bins for collection on bin day and with a toddler impossible to get a buggy through. I am not sure whose car it is and I do not even own a car myself so I am not blocking anyone else. Is there anything that can be done?

Kk 14/07/2015 at 7:36 am

Hi, a neighbour has a huge commercial van with bright writing all over it (he runs a kids party business) It is against the law for him to park this on his own driveway given its an eyesore. We have a house that overlooks the Humber bridge which was a selling point when buying our house, however, every day/night, this van now blocks our view as he parks it outside. We've asked him politely if he could look at an alternative but we didn't get a very nice response back. I've spoken with the council and they have informed me that if he isn't blocking our driveway then he's not doing anything illegal. Is there any other path I can explore in order to get the problem rectified?

ProblemNeighbours Editor 03/07/2015 at 2:10 pm

@Shaunie. They're not contravening parking regulations but if they are selling then will be contravening on or several of your town's bylaws. If they are on the road, they should also be fully taxed, insured and if relevant, MOT'd. Speak with your local council's Highway's department.

Shaunie 30/06/2015 at 11:35 pm

Are road is a registered road we can't park between 8 til 5 monday till friday. Opposite us there is a car sales room, they always park there car there on a weekend, one they are selling. I would like to know if they are breaking the law.

ProblemNeighbours Editor 19/06/2015 at 2:27 pm

@Lou. Is there a management company for the flats? Ask them to enforce this. Alternatively, if you are renting, your landlord should be able to do something.

Lou 16/06/2015 at 7:13 am

I live in a basement flat, and directly to the side of my flat is a driveway leading to a car park. The car park is accessible from the other side of the building also, but for some reason, cars on my side seem to park on the driveway rather than in the actual car park.

This means that my bedroom window and my living room window are continually blocked by neighbours cars. I have left polite notes saying that not only are the blocking my natural light, they are also blocking my main means of escape in the event of a fire, yet they persist in parking here instead of the car park.

Is there any action I can take to stop this?

Scarlett 26/05/2015 at 12:16 pm

Help please!
Our neighbours and I share a square of land - this bit of land is theirs but we have a right of access across it to our parking (our deeds say we have 24 hour unrestricted access). Their parking is also reached across this square of land. So essentially this bit of land looks to be intended for *access* to parking, rather than actual parking (though the deeds don't expressly say this).

Our neighbours regularly park two cars on the easement. It makes it very hard to get out of our parking, across the square of land and to the road beyond. Are they allowed to park one, two or any cars on there? Could they for example park one car and argue we can access our parking now (in truth it would still be very hard to do)? Or is this land, even though they own it, intended to be used for access only for both parties?

What are they allowed to do?

ProblemNeighbours Editor 27/04/2015 at 2:09 pm

@bev. You have full rights and can take legal action to ensure these rights are upheld. It might worth a call to your local PCSO, while it's not on a public highway, it's definitely an obstruction in terms of your rights of access to your property and they may be able to have a work with the tenant. Other than that, it's back to the courts unfortunatey.

Bev 22/04/2015 at 3:19 pm

The access to the back of our house and garden is via a drive which the neighbour owns but over which we have full access at all times, this being written in the deeds of the house. My neighbour moved house last year and has rented out the property. The family who rent the house have several vehicles. They park two cars on the front garden but he parks his work van on the drive up against his garage which he does not use for a vehicle. The van is directly at the side of our gates to the back of our house and garden and is blocking our access. Our neighbour will not move his van from the driveway. An added complication is that the owner of the house has not put into the neighbours contract with the letting agent that we have full access at all times and that to avoid blocking our access the drive must be kept empty. We are not happy that our access is continually blocked. We have spoken to the letting agents and made them aware and also to the owner of the house but as yet the van is still being parked on the drive and nothing has changed. We were worried about the drive being owned by the neighbour at the point of purchase but were assured by our solicitor there was not a problem with access because full access at all times was written in the deeds and had to be complied with and later the wife of the owner of the house also confirmed that they would not be parking on the drive because it would block our access. What rights have we got to ensure that the drive is kept clear to avoid blocking our access.

ProblemNeighbours Editor 20/04/2015 at 10:28 am

@hobbit.Do you have anything specific related to the shared driveway in your deeds? It may be that your neighbour has breached this by erecting a fence, in which case he can be made to take it down.

Hobbit 17/04/2015 at 2:16 pm

I live in a detached house my drive and my next door neighbours front are open, he parked a van there for 3 years I could get on and off at a struggle but now he's moved the van but put a fence up I can just about manage to get my car on the drive but can't get out of the car because the left hand side is my house wall and the right hand side is his fence, any advice would be much appreciated , I've got a house with a drive and can't use it and it's a corner plot so parking is bad anyway

ProblemNeighbours Editor 17/04/2015 at 10:44 am

@Tom. Yes we agree more attention should be paid to the provision of off road parking when new developments are designed. And you're correct that no one has a right to park on the highway in traditional English law...however, it's now generally accepted that one can park anywhere except where regulations prevent it.

Tom 16/04/2015 at 2:49 pm

I would suggest it is not petty to make the point for a few days by parking your car on the road. It worked very well with our neighbours who had two cars on their driveway, and then invited their daughter and her husband to park outside their house with their 2 cars so they could then commute separately to London. It made it very difficult for tradesmen and deliveries to access surrounding houses. I parked my car opposite for a few days, especially when tradesmen were expected. They now park just one car on the driveway.

We in the street are now considering expanding the policy because the local council has decided to use the street as a sink for off town centre parking, especially when they have closed a main car park for renovation. Most of us have two cars, and could take out at least 40 parking spots. That will definitely happen if the usage of the road does not reduce when the car park comes back into operation. As far as I am concerned it is the fault of the council and its failed development and related parking policies. So we will be sending the message more to them than to the parking motorists. If they have a problem, they can address it to the politicians!!

Finally, I would make the point that as I understand our archaic English laws, no-one has a right to park on the public highway. It is merely tolerated, and could at any time be declared an obstruction.

ProblemNeighbours Editor 15/04/2015 at 2:27 pm

@san. There's nothing really to prevent anyone parking on the public highway if local bylaws do not prevent it. You could however, check with your council about any local regulations preventing the running of a business from a home/affecting the highway etc.

san 14/04/2015 at 6:21 pm

Hi All:
I need help of law. One of the mechanic operating his repairing business running from home and he uses majority of all the car spaces on the road for their customer's car. Also he may have got some relatives living nearly by his house.

I do not have my drive way cut and that mechanic and his friends/relatives park their car in front of my house all the times. It is too difficult when I have to search around for the parking to other street. I tried to requested them but they simply denied rudely.

What are the solutions to overcome form these situations?
Please advise, It will be great help.

ProblemNeighbours Editor 14/04/2015 at 12:28 pm

@verypeevedperson. There's not a great deal you can do unfortunately. If you are being prevented from exiting your drive you could try reporting it as an obstruction but it doesn't seem as if it's bad enough for that. You could park your own cars on the road for a few days to make a point? But that may seem a little petty.

very peeved person! 11/04/2015 at 4:01 pm

Hi all, 3 years ago we moved into a cul de sac corner, we share our driveway with our neighbours to the right of us who's house was built 10 years ago from surplus land from our garden. The driveway for them is very tight, but we park consideratly and know to knock if we need a car moved, no problem there. The problem being their neighbours to the right of them! They moved in a month before us and then changed their driveway (single drive) into an extension to their garden and now park their two cars in the road. Its a normal sized road, so you can imagin how hard it is for my neighbour and us to park. I only passed my test last year, my neighbours son passed just 3 months ago and we really struggled to get in n out of our drives, but even the more experienced drivers in the households struggle! Is there anything that can be done? One car would be fine, but its the second one he parks there which is parked in the middle of the road...literally! He has been spoke to about this, he said he'd clear some trees off his land so the cars could go there...he promptly put a shed in that space instead. I would be greatful for any help

ProblemNeighbours Editor 09/04/2015 at 12:25 pm

@lois1990 - Here's the answer to @clt below which is relevant to you. If a vehicle is preventing you from exiting your property you can report it to the police as an obstruction (use the NON emergency 101 number). In some areas local councils can issue fixed penalty notices to anyone obstructing a dropped kerbway preventing both access or exit for pedestrians/vehicles. Check with your local council to see if this applies in your area and follow their procedure for reporting offenders. You could also consider a white line marker in front of your driveway. These have no legal standing but do seem to act as a deterrent to most parkers. Again, your local council will be the ones to approach about this.

Lois1990 08/04/2015 at 9:27 am

Hello. I live in a back to back house and have many ongoing problems with my neighbours. However now they have decided to deliberately start parking across our driveway. The drive itself is not solely ours, it is shared by all the tenants living at the rear like ourselves however it is made quite clear (it is clearly marked out on the road) that the opening must be kept clear. We have elderly residents living at the rear next door to us and I fear that if an emergency does arise then the ambulance or other emergency vehicle will not be able to get down the drive as they are deliberately blocking the way. Where do I stand on this? Can I make a complaint? I have written a letter to the problem neighbours themselves but they have obviously paid no attention.
Thankyou

ProblemNeighbours Editor 08/04/2015 at 12:03 pm

@clt. If a vehicle is preventing you from exiting your property you can report it to the police as an obstruction (use the NON emergency 101 number). In some areas local councils can issue fixed penalty notices to anyone obstructing a dropped kerbway preventing both access or exit for pedestrians/vehicles. Check with your local council to see if this applies in your area and follow their procedure for reporting offenders. You could also consider a white line marker in front of your driveway. These have no legal standing but do seem to act as a deterrent to most parkers. Again, your local council will be the ones to approach about this.

clt 05/04/2015 at 1:15 pm

I have a drive with a drop down curb and very often have people park across it and I have to park in the street because I cannot gain access I have heard that laws have recently changed and now this is an offence and that people should always have access both on and off their drives can anyone shed any light on these changes please I don't want to call the police and have been looking on line and cant seem to get a straight answer. I paid for a house with a drive I think its only fair I should have access to it. thanks for any help

ProblemNeighbours Editor 02/04/2015 at 12:28 pm

@meye5, Thanks for that.we can't find it either, but there are lots of interesting shared driveway rulings (and often exhorbitant costs!)

meye5 30/03/2015 at 11:34 pm

A colleague of mine had a parking problem 1990 (not sure now) However, people were parking across his drive. Went to court etc. The court ruling was " Cannot deny access to a public road from a private road (driveways, etc)' But does not apply from public road to private road (drive, etc.)
Unfortunately can't recollect all the case law but it was M. Marriott V ??? (long time ago sorry!)
Nevertheless, it's in archives somewhere?

ProblemNeighbours Editor 31/03/2015 at 11:11 am

@frustrated. Speak again with your landlord. He should be able to take a firmer action. Unfortunately, there's not much else you can do about this kind of (very selfish) behaviour.

frustrated 26/03/2015 at 8:20 pm

I live in the basement of a house, which I rent. There is another family that rents the upstairs part of the house. There is only one driver residing upstairs. This is a family of 6. They have 2 vehicles that are just sitting in the driveway that don't work and the boyfriend comes, who doesn't reside there and parks in the driveway, blocking the entrance so that no one else has access.
I have asked on several occasions, that he not park there because I have come home late at night and have had to wake the residents upstairs, to move the vehicle so that I can get into the driveway of the house that I am paying rent for....I have also talked to my landlord about the situation. He has also asked that the boyfriend not, park where he's blocking the driveway....he still does it!!!
I'm gettng very aggravated with this situation. I really feel that if I pay rent for a place, that I should be able to come and go as I please, without having to knock on anyones door, to ask them to move the vehicle....especially, if they don't reside on this dwelling!

ProblemNeighbours Editor 26/03/2015 at 12:39 pm

@mandy the house deeds should state who the driveway belongs to (or if it is jointly owned etc). If it is an access route, no one can obstruct it.

Mandy 24/03/2015 at 8:21 am

If their is a driveway between two houses that serves as an access road to garages behind numerous houses, who does the driveway belong to and does anyone have the right to block it

ProblemNeighbours Editor 13/03/2015 at 12:50 pm

@kimmy. Sorry it's not obvious what you're trying to ask here, but if you live on a public road with no parking restrictions then you can park where you like as long as you're not preventing anyone exiting their driveway.

kimmy 11/03/2015 at 6:42 am

Hi we have a campervan which park outside front of house which having problems getting back in as got problems with next door if we dont move the campervan we get a scapy to move it as blocking the light but if the campervan from out side hers then she have car outside hers and we can have the campervan outside ares but she will not what I can I do

ProblemNeighbours Editor 02/03/2015 at 10:54 am

@*K. As long as they are not actually parking on your part of the driveway or blocking your exit, then you're correct there's not much you can do. If they are obstructing a path or pavement, then the police should be able to act on this.

*K 25/02/2015 at 8:57 pm

We have a shared double driveway. Neighbours next door constantly park one car hanging off the driveway, half on the path, making it awkward for myself to reverse off my drive as its a small cul-de-sac hammerhead. Can I do anything about the cars or do I have to live with awkward neighbours? I have spoken to them, but are parking worse and worse!

ProblemNeighbours Editor 27/02/2015 at 1:58 pm

@MP. If they are paid-for council spaces then someone at the council should be able to tell you if they are specifically allocated.

MP 25/02/2015 at 10:59 am

How do i find out if the parking spaces in my close are communal or assigned to a particular house? I had a neighbour demand I move my car, claiming that he pays (or has paid) the local council for two spaces directly outside his house. They are not council houses so find this hard to believe he could buy these spaces. Having spoke to others, they say all spaces are communal.

How would I proceed in confirming what the situation is?

ProblemNeighbours Editor 27/02/2015 at 1:01 pm

@Kay, you cannot report her for "having a new man" every night, but if you feel that there is a real obstruction, e.g for an emergency vehicle to get through or you cannot get your vehicle out at all, then contact the police. If there are any bylaws in your area that prevent parking on grass verges then the local parking enforcement authority (the council) will be able to take action.

Kay 25/02/2015 at 9:29 am

Hi,
I have lady living opposite of my house, she have every night new man coming and visiting her. New people coming always parking there cars on grass pavement outside our home. If cars care parked both side of my gate then sometimes its difficult to reverse car as this lady have her own car parked opposite our gate on her side of road.
Is there we can do something about this?
As it is residential area can we report her for brining new man every night?
Thanks

ProblemNeighbours Editor 18/02/2015 at 2:49 pm

@lucy. No there's nothing to prevent them parking there as long as it's not private property and they are not causing an obstruction.

lucy 17/02/2015 at 7:15 pm

I live in a very small street of 6 houses in the row two opposite. Everyone in the street has at least 2 cars but most park one on their drive and the other outside their own home. My property has no drive. I have one car and occasionally my boyfriends will be here too. The issue is with one of the houses opposite. They have 4 cars and a van and although they have enough space to park at least 2 on their property, which they did used to, the now park all of them in the very little parking that there is available in the street. I had already telephoned the council as the van is a council one and the man who drives it had been out of work for some time and so the van wasn't in use. The van was taken from him for a few weeks but he has now returned to work part time and has the van back. They are very arrogant people and have also now taken to occasionally also parking a borrowed car in the street in the day while their car is use. It is very frustrating as I have found on a number of occasions that I am having to park out of the street and carry my daughter and shopping etc when it just isn't necessary. would there be anything i could do?

ProblemNeighbours Editor 16/02/2015 at 12:01 pm

@manish. No there's nothing to stop someone parking on the other side of the road to a property unless that would cause problems for an emergency vehicle etc

manish 13/02/2015 at 10:55 am

Hi,

My neighbour has a driveway but he also has two cars and one van!! He parks his big van outside my semi-detached property but not adjacent to my boundry but on the other side of the street but this is causing an issue when i reverse back my car from my driveway. My wife is a new driver and she struggles with his Van standing right back end when she is reversing onto the street. He seems to be a very arrogant guy and i am certain he would refuse any polite request. I have a new born in my house (hence my property is registered on the priority list with utilities companies) now so want to do something regarding this as this could be dangerous as well. Can you please suggest if something can be done to stop him from parking opposite my house.

A response would be appreciated.

Thanks
Manish

ProblemNeighbours Editor 03/02/2015 at 2:29 pm

@LIL. No it won't be theirs even if they park their car there for some time. Who allocates the parking spaces? Is there a management company? Is it the council? A landlord etc? They should be your first point of contact to address this.

LIL 31/01/2015 at 1:10 am

Hi,i am a home owner with an allocated parking space in the close where i live.my nxt door also has one too.we both have a shared space for our visitors.all other houses in the close have drives.these parking spaces are on our deeds.anouther neighbour whos address happens to be different has parking his car in the free space and now wont move it even tho theyve been asked to.its been there 7 mnths and never moved.what can we do about it and is there any way that if the space has been used by them for a period of time,it then becomes theres? Ive heard this said before and its bothering me.im fed up of them taking advantage like this.any advice would be very grateful

ProblemNeighbours Editor 16/01/2015 at 1:41 pm

@Elcress. Speak to the landlord to see if there's a way that the parking space can be marked up, chained off or action taken against non resident parking?

Elcress 14/01/2015 at 8:16 pm

I am in rented accomodation and when we moved in was told that we have two allocated parking spaces which is amazing no problems parking and all our neighbours have the same two spaces each. For the past 3 days now a strange car has taken to parking in our space, i left a polite note asking if they could not park thete as they are part of the house, i come home today to fibd the note removed and the car stil parked in our spot, iv been polite and now im just angry, i feel as tenants we dont have any right to complaine and dont know how to proceed, no ones seen the person as they seem to use the car after we go to work and is back before we get home !! Im just waiting for the weekend to try and spot the rude person and confront them.

smokum 03/01/2015 at 5:21 am

Neighbors can be inconsiderate. I have one myself that moved in next door. The very first day they blocked our driveway and we had to ask them to move. Then He had a glass company come out to repair his wind shield and the company used the end of our front yard to set it up then took the windshield to his truck in his driveway. Then another day he had his truck parked in front of our house. He moved his truck into his driveway and not but like a minute or two later his friend parked in front of our house. His house is on a curve and he doesn't have allot of parking so i try to understand but this is just to much. Why buy a house that has no parking if you have to many cars or visitors.Very rude. His visitors cant park in front of his driveway for some reason. Also he cant put his own trash can in front of his own property he puts it in front of ours . I tried to talk to him about it but he seems to think its no big deal . Ok maybe its not but why buy a place that has no parking if your gonna have many guests and cars there ! Very inconsiderate ahole.

ProblemNeighbours Editor 15/12/2014 at 12:53 pm

@maggie. As this is a private driveway it's something you should negotiate between you, as owners. You could use an impartial mediator to help draw up some kind of agreement.

Maggie 14/12/2014 at 11:20 pm

I own property and a home with a private driveway. Three families live on the private drive. All three families pay taxes on the driveway land and maintain it. A neighbor insists on using the driveway for guests to access and park whenever they have a party. They do not ask permission. Their instructions to their guests is always to drive into our driveway and walk across their lawn to their house. Their driveway is not big enough to accommodate more than 5-6 cars.
The neighbor has a 2 car garage for their own vehicles.
The neighbor has options to widen their driveway or to build a circular driveway in front of their house.
One of the families on the driveway does not want anyone but the 3 families on the driveway using it at any time.
Since all three families pay taxes and maintain the driveway - should it be a unanimous decision on the part of all three property owners of the driveway to permit this neighbor to access the driveway and park or give permission for their family and guests to park on it at will?
Or is it enough for one family owner and tax payer of the private driveway to give permission to the neighbor?
Thank you.

ProblemNeighbours Editor 14/10/2014 at 10:49 am

@DP - check your title deeds to see if there is anything that refers to a visitors space etc. Next ask your neighbour to check theirs - if the driveway belongs to them, then it will be shown within their property boundaries. Check with the landowner -e.g if your homes are part of a housing estate etc, then the property management company should have details of driveway ownership. Finally try the land registry, they may be able to provide details of approximate boundaries which might help, but note they cannot always provide exact details of ownership.

DP 13/10/2014 at 7:39 pm

Hi
Does anyone know how I can find out who owns a drive. One of my neighbours have said it's theirs and the other has told me it's a visitors space I just want to find out for sure as I have been using it as a visitors space.
Thanks for your help.

sue 06/10/2014 at 4:20 pm

My neighbour just recently bought another car which he is the ownly driver and is deliberately parking oposite our drive, most times he could park partly on his grass but he parks it on the road which makes it difficult for me and my partner to park on or off our drive and his parking also makes it diffiult for the neighbours to get in or out of the street, I have approached him stating the highway code states he should not park oposite a driveway or cause an obstruction to other drivers. which hethen became very hostile and abusive stating he will park his cars where he likes,.He has been very abusive since he posted an anominous letter through our door highlighting the covenants restrictions that we cant have a caravan parked on the drive which we have now moved into storage, I dont understand how someone can be so horrible and be a bully and get away with it it seems so unfair, has anyone got any advice I feel its making me ill..

Mr Gruber Editor 01/10/2014 at 11:20 am

@harry. That does seem very anti-social behaviour. Have you ever asked them why they do this? There has to be a reason for it...if it is sheer-bloody mindedness, asking them outright may at least make them think twice about it in future

HARRY 30/09/2014 at 1:15 pm

HI
i have the same problem,I live in a small close and my nieghbour has a two car drive when the first car comes home from work they put it on the close instead of on the drive.If they go out in the car on the close they shunt the car thats on his drive and put it on the close leaving his drive empty.It gets worse when they go on a two week holiday abroad and take the car to the airport the second car is left on the close for two week leaving his drive empty.And now his next door neighbour is doing the same.Antisocial behavoiur comes to mined.

shearsie 24/09/2014 at 6:51 pm

My neighbour has a driveway but parks outside the house, mostly encroaching outside of mine which makes it very difficult for me to park so as to allow my husband to get his car on and off. The back end of my car therefore goes over our driveway. There is absolutely no need for him to do this, he just does it out of pettiness. Can I do anything about this? He has also parked that close to my car he has hit it on a number of occasions. I know I can stop him legally parking outside of the house but if he is restricting us from getting on and off our drive surely that's wrong?

onenote 24/09/2014 at 5:47 pm

Our neighbours drive is lower than ours by about 12 ins. She has now had a fence put up on her drive but it stops us getting to the side of our drive, which needs mending. Do we have a right to access the side of our drive ?

ProblemNeighbours Editor 03/09/2014 at 1:46 pm

@smy. You've not given any information about your property and whether it has a shared driveway etc so we can't really comment. Start by checking your deeds to establish whether any restrictive covenants exist that would prevent you from doing this.

smy 02/09/2014 at 8:21 pm

i own my own house and my neighbours bought a big car which incroches on my drive sometimes i cant park can i put a low fence down the middle to stop them parking on my drive ive just built off road parking and cant get to that cos theres no turning angle when they park so close do i need permission thats all i need to know plz

ProblemNeighbours Editor 25/07/2014 at 2:10 pm

@annoyedindividual- you could try getting permission for a disabled bay outside your house. But it would seem odd that the parking was further away from your house than parking in your drive would be?

annoyedindividual 25/07/2014 at 12:26 pm

Hi
I have a drive and a garage which both have dropped kerbs for access, as I am out and about most of the day, be it school runs, uni, work and shopping I leave my car outside my drive for ease. My neighbour has told me that I am selfish for parking on the street and not using my drive as others are unable to park on the street, I was also told that the street we live on is not a two car family street, and that I should be more considerate, I am disabled and require access to my property, I have been in tears as I have never had issues with this neighbour in the past. There is a house up the road with no drive but a garage and at one time there is a minimum of five cars at that particular address. I am frustrated and contemplated getting an enforcement where fixed penalty notices can be implied, I mentioned looking into this to which my neighbour told me that if I did that then I would know about it. I have lived at my address for over seven years and never had as many problems, I know the neighbour had issues with my landlord regarding two vehicles at the property. I am at wits end and not sure what to do. :-(

Jane 07/06/2014 at 8:08 pm

I have a double width driveway, one half dropped curb an the other half not.
People think it is acceptable to block my car in whilst parking against the section that the curb is not dropped.
Can they legally do this and what rights do I have regarding access to my own property?

Green cross 22/04/2014 at 12:45 pm

Main road, busy junction 20 meters away, white chevron s in middle of road, my neighbour parks his car fully on footpath evon thou his driveway for 5 vehicle s is empty is it illegal for himto carry on parking there ? There has been one death at jjunction and 2 accident s in the last year.

bigerik777 23/10/2013 at 3:59 pm

We have a taxi firm that parks 4 vehicles on their side of the road thus stopping any neighbour parking near their homes. Do they need planning permission for this.This is on the brow of a hill and on the road bend. This causes obstruction so no-one can see around the corners when approaching them.. Is this illegal ?
I think there is a law saying no parking within 10 meters ( 32 feet ) of a bend and junction.
Why do the police not enforce this and give them a warning and then a ticket for this.

Tim 06/10/2013 at 8:20 pm

We live on a busy road and have a driveway that is awkward to reverse onto.
If we were to park on it we would require that two parking spaces be left vacant as the angle of entry isnt't straight. Instead we park on one of those spaces blocking our own drive so one of neighbours can use the other spot.

Another neighbour of hours continously blocks our drive. He has a car and a van and he regularly parks the van across or drive for days at a time.

We leave polite notes asking him not to do this, but speaking to our other neighbours we have been told what a nasty guy this is and that he has done the same to them just to annoy them.

I am going to confront this Jerk and Nice the hell out of him.Just to watch him squirm as I politely ask to move his car everytime he does it. That will probably be every week!

I read somewhere that this could be argued as anti-social behaviour as it is "driving in an inconsiderate way".

G 11/08/2013 at 5:14 pm

I have problems with neighbours whom leave their wheeled bins (permanently) in the communal area, next to my private car park instead of keeping them in their own garden. Is it legal for them to place them permanently in the communal area?

CJJ 21/07/2013 at 6:32 pm

I have Spanish neighbours to my left who have just purchased a 4x4 as they are expecting a child, so they have now parked their previous car outside on the road next door to mine. On my right side I have the neighbours who I have known for a very long time and they had three cars and one car parked out on the road. Now that one of his daughter has moved out he still parks his car outside my house even though there is a space. So I got one neighbour with a car that can be parked in his drive or parked across it and the other who just cant be bothered. So now I have to park a bit further down and say nothing about it.

Millsy77 07/05/2013 at 2:28 pm

I live on a main road with driveway for 1 vehicle..the road has a single yellow line on so my husband parks hes van down a side road..no driveways or lines along there...but someone keep putting letter on hes van window saying hes not a resident of the street and not to park there..is he allowed to park there???

Windy 19/10/2012 at 8:45 pm

I live in a cul de sac where parking is difficult anyway (people from the other roads park in our road - that isn't the problem). We have one guy who has a driveway and three cars but he doesn't use the driveway. Using the pavement in front of his driveway is the only way to turn around but he parks his car across it and the other two cars in the road. This is highly inconvenient and most of my neighbours are up in arms about it but dont' know what to do. Any advice would be most appreciated.

FED UP! 10/10/2012 at 9:28 pm

I live in a small ex council cul de sac with limited parking. Since i have been here (15) years it has got worse! We have the man who has lived here the longest and complains about everyone and the parks in front of my car by a few inchs to make it difficult to get out.We have the Guy who always has to park both his cars in the same spot every day and finally the guy who drives a clapped out old souped up car and love to sit outside with his friends reving the engine! I rent a gararge in a block and he runts the one next to it we are both at the far end and i normaly park my lage van in front off both of them during the evening.He has put up a sign now saying any cars park in front of this will be reported for obstruction. can he do this?

holly 26/09/2012 at 2:34 pm

I live in a quiet estate in a mid terrace with great neighbours to the left and words ca'nt describe the neighbours to the right with their clapped out land rover, dodgey escort van and a half respectable toyota, these scumbags especially their son whom has spent time in prison may I add park literally millimetres away from our parked car and our neighbours just to intimidate. They have in the past also thrown cigarette ends over our fence which creates a hygiene and a fire risk to our property, I only wish we could do something about it but have exshausted all lines of complaint to no avail...HELP!

digerd 18/07/2012 at 6:58 pm

One of my neighbours called the police on 2 occasions who did arrive and order the offending neighbour to move their car which was blocking access to the next-door neighbours driveway, after the offending neighbour was asked twice to move the car by the neighbour
So, as the police did get involved there must be a law against blocking driveways

jay 07/03/2012 at 10:55 am

We are having serious problems with our neighbours, we have a driveway and used to use it most of the time. However the neighbours family and friends would come down on a daily basis and park right in front of our gates, blocking our exit or entrance. At least twice a day we would have to knock and ask them to move the car. I then started parking in front on my gates to stop anyone else parking there. Then they would park right behind my car still blocking me in. It all came to a head a few months ago, when one of there family members was very rude and aggressive to my young son. The neighbour parked half on half of the curb but outside our gates still blocking our drive. When my husband asked im to move his car he became very aggressive and threatend to kick my husband up and down the road, infront of my two young children. I phoned the police, who didnt really do anythink, so I spoke to the neighbour and suggested I park my car on my drive if he tells his family and friends to stop blocking me in. His reply was fine at first, but later addmitted to me that his wife didnt like us and therefore wouldnt speak to us again, which was fine by me because we dont like them either. We have had many problems with these neighbours in the past that we have just let go, to keep the peace. Then he informed me that his wife had phoned local council and complained about the childred playing out. He then went on to threaten my children saying he would pull out of his drive and run them over, he could get away with it because they shouldnt be in the road. I live in a quiet cul - de - sac, where I can see my children and other neighbours havnt had a problem with the kids playing, because there children play there too. We have tried to be nice to these people since they moved in, many years after ourselves and other neighbours but in vain. We have since learned that they moved from there previous address because of disputes with neighbours. It makes life difficult because im worried that he will do what he says. His wife is a horrible woman with a really nasty mouth and mind, and is always saying nasty things to the kids under her breath when she walks past them. According to HIM she is a princess and what she wants she gets, and if she wants anything to happen to stop my childred playing then it will. I have always tried to get on with people, but to threaten children over a parking disspute which they caused is just NASTY AND EVIL. Im at the end of my rope and just want to want to punch them. alas im not going to jail for scumbags like these people.

delboy 17/02/2012 at 5:07 pm

I moved into a quiet residential area with a nice drive to my house, the neighbour decided he would park one of his 5 cars outside our house across the drive on the pavement, I spoke with them to move it but they didnt, they had two cars parked outside their house , one on their drive , one outside my house and one about 20yards up the road, not only was this a eyesore to our views but it was a long term issue, like 6mts, one day it rattled me so when they went to work I put my car outside their house on the road to displace both of their cars, they were not happy and threatened damage to the car, I said go ahead I only have one car to worry about you have 5, well the next day the car outside my house was moved, good result I thought

Marylou 01/01/2012 at 2:33 am

My neighbours moved in about 4 years ago I am 67 and live on my own with a dog(she is quiet). They had a new years eve party that started at 5pm and went on until 4.30am. I did not do anything because I thought new house etc. But they continued to play loud music(mainly when the wife was out) I did complain a couple of months ago(for the first time) and it did get better.But I am sitting here at 2.30am new years eve and the part is still going on I have asked for the music to be turned down which the did a little. But now it has started again and they have had a karoke machine going as well all night.I have my grandchildren here (youngest is 7 months) and it has taken me ages to get them to sleep.I explained this to them but they don't care. I have not been able to sleep because it feels like the music is in my house. I even called my sister in law to wish her happy new year and she thought I had the telly on(I didn't). I know its just once a year but if they had told me about the part I would have gone to my daughters. They are not good neighbours at all and this is just the tip of the iceberg. And the karoke plays on!!!

val 11/11/2011 at 12:46 am

A neighbour took a photo of my car as I parked in front of his driveway,1st of all he can not get a car in or out as he has a skip in the way its his own skip not a hired 1,so I new I was not stoping access to any cars entering or leaving. I was only there 5mins, he said he is giving the photo to the police as evidance as there is a droped kerb in front of the drive. He said I will get a fine, any advice please? I would not of parked if a car could of got on the drive, I was only blocking a skip.

Insane 06/09/2011 at 5:19 pm

Same with us, difficulty in getting out of our driveway because of cars parked on the other side of the road. Seems there is little we can do other than having a friendly word to the neighbours. I don't blame them though as parking in the road is becoming increasingly difficult as more households have more cars and more planning applications are approved without consideration of increased traffic and parking requirements.

deb 02/06/2011 at 3:26 am

I have the same issue. I just returned home after a long day to see some jerk is blocking my driveway! I can't get in, and my other car will not be able to get out in the morning. It is BS that people can legally block my drive!! I would NEVER do this to someone else. Why are people such JERKS????

Kim_909 31/05/2011 at 9:54 pm

I have the same, my neighbour keeps parking her car or her husband parks on the road but right by our drive where the curb is lowered, it's making if hard for me to come in and out and they refuse to move it. The police say it's not illegal.

avidman 11/05/2011 at 5:06 pm

I am having problems getting in/out of my drive way. People are parking the other side of the drive way. Have asked them in a friendly way what the problem is but they did not want to know. I know they park there just to annoy us. my partner has a disability and a blue badge. There is plenty of other places they could park but they dont!!! I have been in contact with the council and the police but I am not getting any help. What can I do, it is stressing us out!!!! HELP!