Roadside parking!

[mary5555]

I have a house with on street parking and can usually park in front of the house but space is tight. I had a little patch of council land opposite where I used to park. It has no pavement and no grass and was an undefined space used as a turning/stopping/parking spot. My neighbour opposite just dumped half a ton of earth (excavated by his neighbour who is paving his front garden without planning permission) onto my little spot and levelled it and marked it with boulders to stop me parking there. I don't think I have any rights per se, but are they breaking the law?

[Ethel]

Do you need planning permission to pave your front garden?

That's beside the point - there is a possibility of fly tipping. Report him to the council though and he'll report you every time you park there.

[paraffin]

Sour grapes, Mary?

[mary5555]

A new law introduced in Oct 08 states that you now need planning permission to pave a front garden of more than 5 sq m with a non-permeable surface, this is because of the increase in risk of flood. See the link
http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/england/genpu b/en/1115316438436.html
and my house is the lowest lying in the lane.
Yes, I'm sour, as I haven't even moved into my new home yet, just got the keys in March and am busy painting, when I've lost my parking space and increased my risk of flood in one fell swoop

[Ethel]

He may have made provision for drainage - if you're not absolutely sure, keep quiet about it.

My own drive has it's own drain near the house, on my own land, for example

[zig.zag]

think paraffin may have put it in a nutshell

[flopdop]

Makes me laugh 'I've lost my parking space'? I have so may people in my street who HAVE to park outside there house (in there so called parking space) and if someone else parks there it's like world war III? Anyone who pays road tax can park anywhere they like as long as it's legal? You hadn't even moved in and your implying it's yours?

[mary5555]

Actually the story has unfolded a bit more. I bought this house, it is the only one in the lane without off street parking, all other houses are big, it's quite a posh area. But my little house is very old and has no drive. There is plenty of room to park 3 cars in the road legally. There was a lay bye opposite which the previous owners used to park in and get the car off the road. In the time between them moving out and me moving in my neighbour opposite dumped earth (excavated from his neighbour who is tarmacing his drive as he has 4 cars) and turfed the lay bye to stop me parking there. My neighbour (same side) has said things that lead me to believe that a recent dent in my car door was caused by her (she's 85 and her reversing skills are scary). I think she asked the guy opposite to turf the lay bye so I had to park elsewhere and give her more room to get in her drive. In any case I can park outside my door and am better off as I'm away from the crazy driver in the lane. The issue is: it's not very neighbourly, and no-one has the right to garden on council land and stick boulders on the kerb to mark their spot. The Tesco van, you shop we drop, was the first one to knock all the boulders all over the place.
My annoyance is mainly because I am a woman on my own and I think they think I don't matter, plus why don't people try a bit harder to get on with the neighbours, I've put it behind me. Well maybe not, Ive got their card marked!