parking in front of my home
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I live on a main road. There is some limited off street parking. No residents bays, no permission to make driveways on my block. Consequently, parking nearby has been a problem for some years. Then a few years ago, the council gave permission for a fairly big house builder to build a block of flats opposite us. 51 homes were built along with 16 parking spaces. On completion, parking became a bigger issue because those that didn't have a car space but did have a car would want to park where we used to park. All fine and legal. Annoying that I have to park several minutes away, especially when the baby is with me.
Now, there's a nearby estate agent. He buys a toyota hiace and parks it on our road with a for sale sign in the window. Not okay. I call the council several times over several months and nothing was ever done. I suspect this was because my complaint was not passed on to the correct person. It would always take at least 20mins of holding before you spoke to someone which is the reason why I didn't chase them. Then one day, I came home mid afternoon, to find there was no parking. I was pissed off. Called the council and finally got the name of the official who deals with this type of s
t. He was on answerphone, but called back. I explained the problem. He said he would visit. The hiace had by that point, been parked for sale for about 7 months. never once moved in that time. Council guy tells the estate agent the problem and estate agent opens the car and takes the for sale signs out. Fine, all legal. He can leave his hiace there long term just as much as anyone can.
Then I checked on dvla about his road tax. It expired on 01 Feb. So I called dvla. Not interested. They said call police or council. Called police. Not interested. They said call dvla or council. Called council. They interested but only after 62 days has elapsed from tax expiry.
Can anyone advise on what to do. This pisses me off daily because the estate agent is taking the piss.
Now, there's a nearby estate agent. He buys a toyota hiace and parks it on our road with a for sale sign in the window. Not okay. I call the council several times over several months and nothing was ever done. I suspect this was because my complaint was not passed on to the correct person. It would always take at least 20mins of holding before you spoke to someone which is the reason why I didn't chase them. Then one day, I came home mid afternoon, to find there was no parking. I was pissed off. Called the council and finally got the name of the official who deals with this type of s
t. He was on answerphone, but called back. I explained the problem. He said he would visit. The hiace had by that point, been parked for sale for about 7 months. never once moved in that time. Council guy tells the estate agent the problem and estate agent opens the car and takes the for sale signs out. Fine, all legal. He can leave his hiace there long term just as much as anyone can.Then I checked on dvla about his road tax. It expired on 01 Feb. So I called dvla. Not interested. They said call police or council. Called police. Not interested. They said call dvla or council. Called council. They interested but only after 62 days has elapsed from tax expiry.
Can anyone advise on what to do. This pisses me off daily because the estate agent
is taking the piss. Edited by MrJuice on Thursday 19th March 15:33
Online reporting will generate a regional report that gets sent from DVLA to their local enforcement sub-contractor. If you're lucky and they're not a million miles away, they'll come and look and stick a notice and/or a clamp on it. If it's still there x period of time later they will remove it. The big if is where they're located in distance terms from you - I'm mid-way between 2 so nobody wants to come out as it's too much fuel (40+ miles)
If the vehicle appears abandoned and you have 'no idea' who it belongs to then you can report to your local council as an abandoned vehicle. They should get it towed to a dismantlers.
If the vehicle appears abandoned and you have 'no idea' who it belongs to then you can report to your local council as an abandoned vehicle. They should get it towed to a dismantlers.
MrJuice said:
I did try speaking with him. I explained I have nowhere to park. He looked out his window and by chance a space became available so he said I can see a space now. This was on the phone.
He's a that doesn't care less about the next man.
I recently had a planning application for off-street parking refused. Those neighbours who objected, not only have their own off-street parking, but neither use it or park in front of the same, instead park outside mine and their other neighbours homes.He's a
that doesn't care less about the next man. Jezzerh said:
How the hell were they allowed to build 51 homes with only 16 car spaces?? What the hell did they think would happen?
I met another estate agent through work once who told me he went from selling houses to selling land on behalf of local authorities and schools etc. he said, as agents, they would sell the land to the developer that gave the biggest back hander in cash. He said that planners, councillors and other officials were all on the take. Not uncommon to get 10k in cash on a fair sized bit of land. This was paid by big house builders. Household names.That's how 51 homes were built with 16 car parking spaces.
MrJuice said:
Jezzerh said:
How the hell were they allowed to build 51 homes with only 16 car spaces?? What the hell did they think would happen?
I met another estate agent through work once who told me he went from selling houses to selling land on behalf of local authorities and schools etc. he said, as agents, they would sell the land to the developer that gave the biggest back hander in cash. He said that planners, councillors and other officials were all on the take. Not uncommon to get 10k in cash on a fair sized bit of land. This was paid by big house builders. Household names.That's how 51 homes were built with 16 car parking spaces.
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