How to stop this guy from parking across our drive

It is not illegal per se to park across a dropped curb. Otherwise you and your visitors would not be able to, which could be highly inconvenient!

In this case, going straight to the police would be ridiculous, and certainly cause bad feeling. If you really can't bring yourself to knock on the door, start with a note on the windscreen.

Just ask him. Can't see why you are so scared to do that? It's perfectly reasonable that you want to be able to get your own car out!

Lucca

The problem has been resolved !!! The OP came back and told us !!!

OMG! It's comical isn't it?! It's like groundhog day!

You say 'my new house 'Do you own the property or rent.?
If you own then you will have a plan of title which shows the boundary with your neighbour. See a solicitor before knocking on your neighbours door. If rented then I suggest you advise who ever owns it of this nuisance with the neighbour. Good luck .

This often happened when we lived in our previous house. If the vehicle owner was within earshot I was usually one of the "Oi Mate/Mrs/Lady, Shift your motor or I will!" It usually worked. If the owner was a neighbour I'd ask nicely, but often still got a lot of abuse. If it was a repeat offender they'd find they had to re-inflate they're tyres when they returned.

On one occasion my husband got up at 4.30am to find an unknown car parked across our drive blocking him in, so he called his boss at London Transport to say he'd be late as he had to go knocking on doors to find the owner. His boss said he'd deal with it. Within minutes a police patrol car and a tow truck arrived, soon followed by a very angry car owner. The police explained to him that as my husband's work was an 'essential service' to keep London moving they respond very quickly. He moved his car. He was also given a formal warning not to park it there again.

Me:- Hi, we live across the road and have only just moved in, we’re feeling our feet a bit and introducing ourselves gradually. We are in and out a lot and our driveway is in constant use, just thought I’d say hi and mention that so you don’t block us in! Thanks a lot .....
How about something like that?

What lambs you all are! He's a slob. No manners and no consideration for others. Leave a note sellotaped to his windscreen, right in front of where his nose will be when he's driving telling him to move his f-ing car away from YOUR driveway or you will have the police round to his home (quote his address) to fine him for causing an obstruction.

Wombat it is illegal to a park across a dropped kerb, if by doing that the person has their vehicle imprisoned. If your own car is on your drive, and someone parks across your properly laid dropped kerb, then the police can be notified and can, and will, remove the offending vehicle.

I (and I know lot of other people) recieved a parking fine for parking in front of dropped kerb. This particular one, led nowhere. The property for which it had been installed had long since been pulled down and was now just an open grassed area. The dropped kerb, did not even have any sort of drive running from it. So, I - and many more like me, thought it okay to park there (it was close to our medical centre). Think it was deliberately kept as a cashcow.

Itsawelshthing

Okay! I know I need to put my big pants on lol but my worry is, is he going to keep on doing it and can I simply ask him not to do it again? Driving me insane why can't they just use their heads.

Before reading the other replies (I will do so) my thought would be to politely ask him if he can move his car as you need to go out.

And then you "need" to go out about eight times a day (even if you just drive around the block - he doesn't need to know WHY you're going out).

As long as you're polite (and if you want to lay it on thick, you can also be apologetic) there should be no reason for him not to move his car - and get thoroughly fed up with having to do it several times of the day/evening/weekend, that he will get the message and stop parking there.

It's so rude of him. However, there's something ticking in the back of my mind that there's nothing the police can/will do, even though he is blocking you IN, as it's a civil matter.

I hope you can get this resolved.

Why not go over and give him your shopping list ? Say you can’t get out so maybe he’d like to go get it for you?!

" Hi - my name is Itsawelshthing , we've just moved into no. xx . ( pause big smile ) I've noticed on a few occasions you've parked across our drive. We are in and out during the day and obviously now we have moved in , could you please leave it clear so we can get on
and off our drive " ( big smile )

please will people just look the law up on these matters, it is illegal to block someones driveway that has a drop kerb access , i was albeit a long time ago now a police officer, If the vehicle is blocking access to your driveway you should first make enquiries with the neighbours to see if they know who the car belongs to, so they can move it.

In most areas local councils have now taken on responsibility for enforcing parking provisions under what is known as Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE). Under CPE, it's an offence to park a vehicle that blocks a dropped kerb driveway. You can check if your local council has taken on CPE via the link below:

www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679505/la-with-cpe -list.csv /preview

If your council has taken on CPE, you will usually need to report vehicles that are obstructing a dropped kerb directly to them – you can contact them via the link below:

www.gov.uk/find-your-local-council

If your local council hasn't taken on CPE, you will need to contact your local police force.

The police/council policy for dealing with such matters may vary between forces/councils. Some police forces may only attend if your car has been blocked in and you cannot get out.

You must go to his door and tell him he cannot block your drive. This is totally unacceptable. Document dates/times if it still persists and take photos - if need be, you must contact the local council or police with this evidence. Perhaps put up CCTV cameras so he can see this, and also to prevent him taking any anger out on your vehicle/s if you feel he might react in that way. He is totally in the wrong to be blocking your drive.

I would go and knock on his door and ask him

@keepingquiet. Actually it IS illegal to park across someone’s driveway if the pavement has been dropped to allow vehicles in and out of the drive - the dropped kerb protects the homeowners’ right to access onto their property. It’s also illegal to park across a dropped kerb which has been placed on a public pavement to facilitate wheelchair users, and as one myself I can tell you that drivers almost always ignore this - either they don’t know or don’t care - forcing me to either bump up painfully on the kerb or wheel along in the road until I find the next dropped kerb.

lovebeigecardigans1955

Might it help if you put yourself in the charming, suave character of Sgt Wilson in Dad's Army, welsh ? He could charm the birds off the trees.
Knock on the door, introduce yourself, "I've just moved in to No 3 and I need to get my car out. Could you just move your car a little ... would you mind awfully?" Smile as though you expect him to be just as pleasant and hope he should get the message. Repeat this polite request every time and if he has any sense he'll park elsewhere in future.

That made me laugh visualising him and hearing him say it. Wonderful TV programme. Even though we probably know every word that is coming it still makes me laugh out loud.

@Daisend1. It’s illegal all day long to park across a dropped kerb whether the house is rented or owned.

I might be wrong but I think anyone that deliberately blocks you in more than once is taking the mick when it happened to my dil the police came and issued a parking ticket as she needed to get her little one from school and couldn’t get out

It is very inconsiderate to block someone’s car on their own drive. My next door neighbour turned his front garden into a parking space by gravelling it, alongside his drive as he has a van, two cars and a caravan. The pavement outside already had a dropped curb but he has claimed all of that area as his “ driveway” and makes such a fuss if anyone parks their car at the bottom of his pull in,( it used to be a turn around space as we live at the bottom of a cul de sac) and comes around asking them to move the car because he needs to go out. He gets in his car, drives around the block and pulls up again. He’s gone about a minute. It’s just him being petty and taking ownership on something that does not belong to him. We have already checked with our council and he has not had permission to turn this into “his” drive. The cheek of some people. I would confront him and ask him politely not to do it if he is blocking your actual drive, if he gets lairy then involve the police or local council to point out his error. If he persists just park your own car there instead to stop him doing it.

He is out of order and you have no choice but to ask him politely to move it.

Unfortunately you can't 'stop him' parking there but as others have said, if he's preventing you from getting your car 'out' of your driveway you can ask him to move or call the police who will have his vehicle removed.
Unfortunately, if you return home and his car is blocking your driveway and he refuses to move it, tough! The laws covering obstruction only reach far enough to allow you 'out' of your property, not 'into' it, so if he's not willing to move to let you back onto your driveway there's nothing you can do about it.

"Parking across a dropped kerb is a parking contravention for which a Penalty Charge Notice can be issued. ... This means if you park across a dropped kerb you are committing an offence unless you have permission."

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Hey SHOUTY we don't all have time to read every answer. Why are you still bothering to read answers to the post if you know the problem has been dealt with?

123kitty

Hey SHOUTY we don't all have time to read every answer. Why are you still bothering to read answers to the post if you know the problem has been dealt with?

Try reading the previous answers , you might be surprised , ?