Can I remove vehicles parked on my property?

[Thankyou4calling]

I own several businesses each of which has a car park.

The car parks are clearly marked as private property but as is the norm people ignore the signs and park there.

I've spoken to the offenders and am pretty much ignored.

Will a company tow the vehicles off the land if I ask (and pay for the service)

Alternatively, will the police do anything, it being private property?

What would people suggest I do?

Thanks

[PurpleMoonlight]

I feel your pain.

So far, the best cheap solution I have found is to completed a DVLA request of registered keeper form with the reason as 'to seek a court injunction for trespass' and put a copy in their windscreen.

[SS2.]

Clamping / towing from private land was banned in England about 3 years ago.

The police won't be interested in the slightest.

A colleague of mine had similar problems with people leaving their cars in his [private] car park, sometimes for days at a time. The residents got together and decided to go with Flashpark.

Last time we spoke, he said things were much better since signs had been put up and 'enforcement' was underway.

[Mandalore]

How long before someone who parks like this comes on thread to ridicule sending out any form of charge because...... This, or that?
At the same time as ignoring the morality of trespass, that is.

[teabelly]

Is scrawling obscenities on a person's car with washable water based marker pen criminal damage?

It's easier to stop these people from parking there in the first place with other measures than it is to deal with them once they have.

Can you fit barriers or gates or just leave another car in the way to stop them?

[Thankyou4calling]

teabelly said:

Is scrawling obscenities on a person's car with washable water based marker pen criminal damage?

It's easier to stop these people from parking there in the first place with other measures than it is to deal with them once they have.

Can you fit barriers or gates or just leave another car in the way to stop them?

I would like to park a car there but it'd be vandalised for sure.

I've stood at the entrance to one of the car parks on sentry duty and stopped ( or at least tried to) people from coming in.

Most just swerved around me a couple reversed but came back when I'd gone.

I'm going to look into getting an enforcement company in I think.

[funkyrobot]

What you gonna do bout it OP? You can ticket me, but I'll just bin it or go on Pepipoo and get them to help me. Innit!

[DoubleD]

Like others have said,surely a gate and fence would be the best bet if possible? Prevention being better than cure!

[750turbo]

funkyrobot said:

What you gonna do bout it OP? You can ticket me, but I'll just bin it or go on Pepipoo and get them to help me. Innit!

I know that you are joking, but sadly this is the attitude that some people now take.

"Hanging is too good for them, what they need is a good boot up the arse!"

[surveyor]

Yup.

Thanks for the government who got rid of clampers and put a badly thought out law in it's place. All it ever needed was a cap on Clampers chargers and a proper ombudsman with teeth.

It's not the fine that put people off, but the immediate consequences.

[Wish]

A pot of grease. Smeared on the windscreen

[zedstar]

surveyor said:

Yup.

Thanks for the government who got rid of clampers and put a badly thought out law in it's place. All it ever needed was a cap on Clampers chargers and a proper ombudsman with teeth.

It's not the fine that put people off, but the immediate consequences.

I agree with that totally. It was the clampers and not the clamping laws that were the problem, if they had actually been regulated rather than allowed to do whatever they want then all these problems wouldn't be here. All they needed was a responsible person agreement for someone who's financially responsible for repayment of fines and CCJ's and there would have far less issue.

[LordFlathead]

Banana up the tail pipe...

[Munter]

Put up a big sign saying:
"Please park cars for charity donation in this carpark. By parking a car in this carpark you consent to pass ownership to xyz charity collections".

Then have the local breakers yard take them away, and pass the proceeds to Age Concern.

(this is a terrible idea. I'm sure it's not legal. Would be funny though.)

[anonymous-user]

Block the access, I would suggest a proper gate with a sign stating the gate can be locked at anytime, just lock it at your convenience, whether that coincides with anyone else's convenience or inconvenience I don't think really matters.

[DoubleD]

Ha ha that's a good idea. Inconvenience them for a change.

[Chrisgr31]

teabelly said:

Can you fit barriers or gates or just leave another car in the way to stop them?

All of these options rely on those who officially have access having to have keys to the barrier or contact the driver of the car parked in the way to get in and out of the car park to move out of the way. There are also issues that gates and barriers can be subject to vandalism. This of course ignores the point as to why the OP should have to take these steps to ensure he or his employees and visitors can park in his own car park.

[PeterGadsby]

Are the cars really causing a nuisance? Do you have the space for whatever you need to park there?

If they aren't causing a real nuisance why bother doing anything?

- Pete

[Jasandjules]

PeterGadsby said:

Are the cars really causing a nuisance? Do you have the space for whatever you need to park there?

If they aren't causing a real nuisance why bother doing anything?

- Pete

Mind if I come and park on your driveway?

[Thankyou4calling]

They are causing a hell of a nuisance and even if they weren't I'm sure not many would be happy about it.

The arrogance of the people is beyond belief and it's taking most of my willpower to avoid doing something I'll likely regret hence why a parking company is my best bet I think.