The BAD PARKING thread [vol3]

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nonsequitur

20,083 posts

116 months

Wednesday 3rd May 2017
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Raggie said:
Mostly Empty MickyD's carpark.. but the owner felt the need to leave the car...

Park and hide.

Vipers

32,869 posts

228 months

Wednesday 3rd May 2017
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Cliftonite said:
Raggie said:
Mostly Empty MickyD's carpark.. but the owner felt the need to leave the car...

Handbrake failure / not-left-in-gear runaway, perhaps?
Reads better Hanbrake failure grey cell failure. biggrin

MartG

20,666 posts

204 months

Wednesday 3rd May 2017
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Plenty of empty spaces at Morrison's today, but....



Pic by Kimberley Ann Dickinson‎

thetapeworm

11,220 posts

239 months

Wednesday 3rd May 2017
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A neighbour suddenly had a wooden building put up on what used to be a bit of waste land next to their garage. Later we all got flyers advertising a nail business she has set up in there.

Planning seems to have been submitted retrospectively and approved, the documentation says there is parking for 4 vehicles.

The blue TT parks there all the time and is annoying as it's on the corner approaching a junction but now the business is up and running it's joined by customers which makes progress in and out of the road even more fun.



Presumably they know someone in the planning department.

rfsteel

711 posts

170 months

Wednesday 3rd May 2017
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Vipers said:
Opinions differ. Be good to see where that place is.

Edited by Vipers on Tuesday 2nd May 19:46
It's here https://goo.gl/maps/9V21faGyDHw

Wanchaiwarrior

364 posts

214 months

Thursday 4th May 2017
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In one of the local supermarkets


Big Rod

6,199 posts

216 months

Thursday 4th May 2017
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thetapeworm said:
Parked as far from the door as possible, causing no inconvenience to anyone and needs the room it's taking up, yet I feel compelled to share....

As I own something very similar I can testify that they need at least two spaces to accommodate the length of them at 22'. There's just no way around it.

They can just fit in between the white lines usually being 8' wide but opening the door could present a problem if someone parks right next to you...


nonsequitur

20,083 posts

116 months

Thursday 4th May 2017
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thetapeworm said:
A neighbour suddenly had a wooden building put up on what used to be a bit of waste land next to their garage. Later we all got flyers advertising a nail business she has set up in there.

Planning seems to have been submitted retrospectively and approved, the documentation says there is parking for 4 vehicles.

The blue TT parks there all the time and is annoying as it's on the corner approaching a junction but now the business is up and running it's joined by customers which makes progress in and out of the road even more fun.



Presumably they know someone in the planning department.
If this situation is creatiing a nuisance etc, (and it will only get worse as the business establishes and grows) ,contact highways / local authority to see what can be done. If necessary a petition will help. A lot will depend on the local feeling towards the business.
Did you get the opportunity to object through the retrospective planning application? All close neighbours should have recieved notification.



TheD

3,133 posts

199 months

Thursday 4th May 2017
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The couple told the person that took this photo that they didn't give a feck and walked off

thetapeworm

11,220 posts

239 months

Thursday 4th May 2017
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nonsequitur said:
thetapeworm said:
A neighbour suddenly had a wooden building put up on what used to be a bit of waste land next to their garage. Later we all got flyers advertising a nail business she has set up in there.

Planning seems to have been submitted retrospectively and approved, the documentation says there is parking for 4 vehicles.

The blue TT parks there all the time and is annoying as it's on the corner approaching a junction but now the business is up and running it's joined by customers which makes progress in and out of the road even more fun.



Presumably they know someone in the planning department.
If this situation is creatiing a nuisance etc, (and it will only get worse as the business establishes and grows) ,contact highways / local authority to see what can be done. If necessary a petition will help. A lot will depend on the local feeling towards the business.
Did you get the opportunity to object through the retrospective planning application? All close neighbours should have recieved notification.
It's a niggle more than an annoyance at this point but with cars pulling in from the main road and people exiting the development on the wrong side of the road to avoid the parked cars it's only a matter of time before an accident happens.

It seems the two houses directly next to the person in question supported the application but we received nothing in the post and by the time I saw what was up on the planning portal it was all approved, not that I would have objected, I would have just asked about the location of the parking spaces they said were available, especially as their two cars are always on the drive and the TT is always on the road outside (he lives next door).

There seems to be a condition that she can only have one customer at a time so things shouldn't escalate too much, I suspect it's only me and my enhanced sense of right and wrong that has even noticed, especially given most of the neighbours also park with no consideration for anyone else.

Posted for therapy mainly smile

driverrob

4,688 posts

203 months

Thursday 4th May 2017
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I saw the (very) old lady finish parking this, in our local doctors' surgery (where else?).
As seems to be the norm, she paused to check how well she'd parked and then continued to the building.

carlpea

381 posts

139 months

Thursday 4th May 2017
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driverrob said:
I saw the (very) old lady finish parking this, in our local doctors' surgery (where else?).
As seems to be the norm, she paused to check how well she'd parked and then continued to the building.
Is the left side even a space?

driverrob

4,688 posts

203 months

Thursday 4th May 2017
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carlpea said:
Is the left side even a space?
Yes. Those spaces are quite long.

Europa1

10,923 posts

188 months

Friday 5th May 2017
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TheD said:


The couple told the person that took this photo that they didn't give a feck and walked off
The "I'm alright, Jack" attitude that seems to be becoming all too prevalent these days, and which really yanks my chain. The shopping street near where I live has broad pavements at each end, so people regard them as places where they can park, regardless of the fact that access is then restricted for those with pushchairs, wheelchairs, the elderly etc, and needless to say the pavement is cracked and uneven as it is built to take people, not cars.

AMG Merc

11,954 posts

253 months

Friday 5th May 2017
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I'm staggered someone would park like that. I don't get what, if anything, they're thinking.

nonsequitur

20,083 posts

116 months

Friday 5th May 2017
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AMG Merc said:
I'm staggered someone would park like that. I don't get what, if anything, they're thinking.
They don't think, they just do.

herewego

8,814 posts

213 months

Friday 5th May 2017
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AMG Merc said:
I'm staggered someone would park like that. I don't get what, if anything, they're thinking.
Maybe someone just having a a major major bad day.

HTP99

22,531 posts

140 months

Friday 5th May 2017
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AMG Merc said:
I'm staggered someone would park like that. I don't get what, if anything, they're thinking.
Try Italy, they all park like that, infact if I saw that in Italy I would think "mmm, not parked too badly!"

nonsequitur

20,083 posts

116 months

Friday 5th May 2017
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herewego said:
AMG Merc said:
I'm staggered someone would park like that. I don't get what, if anything, they're thinking.
Maybe someone just having a a major major bad day.
If it was that bad a day then they should be lying down in a darkened room.

ManOpener

12,467 posts

169 months

Friday 5th May 2017
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rfsteel said:
Is that in Reading? There used to be an identical Pluriel, 03-reg, same colour, always parked like that near the university about 10 years ago.
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