neighbour runnung skip business from home

[savad12]

what l would like to know is whether its legal to run a skip business from home l live in a quiet cul de sac and we have a neighbour from hell who is in his forties and still lives with his mother he has been in prison for various offences and is not the sort of person you can talk to in a civil fashion while on holiday we have arrived home to find out he is operating a skip business from his mothers driveway l imagine this most raise all sorts of issues l just wanted some other opinions before l approach the relevant authorities

[Ethel]

Just phone the council and check that he has the relevant operating licences and take it from there.

[savad12]

thanks tetjam very helpful actually the neighbour in question have been abusive many times before so its not that l dont want to stop one getting on in life but he has no consideration for anyone in the street we live in a very small cul de sac and moved here so our children would be safe playing out which unfortunnately they are unable to do for all his vechiles and skips but once again thank you for your helpful comment

[savad12]

silly man

[tufty7]

Its not acceptable, There will probably be something in the deeds on the house probably stating no running of business and no commercial vehicles, just dob him in , i live in a cul de sac and I wouldn't like that either , i know you have used the " he has been in prison" to paint a character picture but it really is non of yours or my business whats he has done , his time is spent .

[savad12]

thanks tufty l will look into that and your right l could have put a better description in its just that he is not a very nice man even his elderly mother is afraid of him just think everyone in the street has had enough!

[themas]

Ethel is - as usual - right. You need to contact the Council. Apart from the issue of licences there is also the question of whether he has planning permission, which is normally needed to run a business from a residential property. Environmental Health may also need to be involved.

If you can't get anywhere with the Council officials involve your local Councillors.

Best to do all this as a group with your other neighbours, so it is clear that a lot of people are complaining and not just you.

[Euroanchor]

If he is using a vehicle over 3.5 tonne then he needs to have an operating licence for each vehicle, this will be a blue or orange disc displayed next to the tax disc.
These are issued by the traffic office and to obtain one, you need to disclose the address of your operating centre. The restrictions on use are pretty strict, and to have obtained a licence, he will have had to display a notice in the local newspaper inviting objections.The authorities have the power to shut down his business if the terms of his operators licence are broken.
Even if this man has managed to fool the licencing authority about his operating centre, you still have the right to contest the licence.

Contact the goods vehicle operating licence offices at
Hillcrest House
386 Harehills Lane
Leeds
LS9 6NF
0870 6060440

[savad12]

thank you euroanchor that information is just what l needed