Fencing off a shared driveway...

[mia-alol]

I want to find out if I am entitled to put a fence down the middle of a shared driveway..

I have a shared driveway with my neighbour which gives access to our garage and the neighbours garage. The garages are not really any use as they are too small - we have managed to get a small car in there once but with great difficulty! I have noticed that many of my neighbours have got rid of the shared driveway and now have a fence down the middle.. this would add a lot of space to my garden, but I am not sure what my entitlement to do this is. Is there anyone who has experienced this or knows much about it?

[chookie pie]

why not speak to your neighbour and you could half the cost this is what we did

[buildersmate]

You need to establish what the rights and obligations are within your Land Title. If there aren't any, you can do what you like, legally.
The typical arrangement where this is set-up on a new housing estate is that the land is physically partitioned down the middle (in terms of ownership) but that there is a right for your neighbour to pass/repass on your bit (and vica versa). But often neither of you can PARK permanently on the shared bits and nothing else can be constructed on it - like a fence. The obligations may include a clause that any maintenance required on the whole shared area is a shared cost.
In the Land Title there would then be reference to a title plan (map) that shows in coloured hatching markings the area of land impacted by the above.