Parking Laws

[Dee548]

Hi, Does anyone know if it is illegal to bump up the kerb to park on grass behind your own property. The grass is council owned but they have said there is no problem parking on it. Unfortunatley we have an ambitious PCSO that keeps leaving warnings on peoples cars saying it is illegal but the council say it is ok by them. She has then changed her story and stated it is for "bumping up the kerb" not parking on the grass!!

Help!!!

[KenR]

We had this raised recently with the community police the other week. The problem isn't the parking (unless that is an obstruction in itself), but it is how you are getting to where you are parking. Driving over/on/across a footpath etc is illegal.

[Dee548]

There is no footpath, just straight onto the grass from the road.

[MUMPING2]

The Highways Act 1980, Section 184, says

Vehicle crossings over footways and verges.�
(1) Where the occupier of any premises adjoining or having access to a highway maintainable at the public expense habitually takes or permits to be taken a mechanically propelled vehicle across a kerbed footway or a verge in the highway to or from those premises, the highway authority for the highway may, subject to subsection (2) below, serve a notice on the owner and the occupier of the premises�
(a)
stating that they propose to execute such works for the construction of a vehicle crossing over the footway or verge as may be specified in the notice; or
(b)
imposing such reasonable conditions on the use of the footway or verge as a crossing as may be so specified.
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(17) If a person knowingly uses a footway or verge as a crossing in contravention of any condition imposed under subsection (1)(b) above, or knowingly permits it to be so used, he is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding �20 or, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding �50.

[themas]

From what you say it seems there is no crossing. So th extract from the Highways Act in the last post doesn't apply, so far as I can see. So if it is illegal there must be some other law making it so. Why not ask the PCSO for details of the law concerned?

[oxfordrocks]

Stop parking on the grass.
Very anti-social.

[dinoboxer]

You cannot be prosecuted for "Bumping up a kerb" if there are no other circumstances relating to this situation, you can write a letter of complaint to the Chief Constables Office. Even if you were to damage the kerb it would not be a police/PCSO matter it would be for the local authority to prosecute you