An acquaintance has a white one of those and when he came to the yard I was working at in it I asked him for two Cornettos and a 99. I've never seen anyone look so crestfallen and pissed off so quickly.
You'd struggle to get anything bigger than a original Mini in that space. I assume this went through planning given the dropped kerb - did the officer responsible not check the dimensions? Surely can't be okay to grant permission for car parking that intrudes into the public highway.
I'd suggest that that isn't designed as a parking space, but people are using it like that anyway, and dropped kerbs have been installed by the looks of it...
it's odd, isn't it - perhaps they're supposed to park alongside the house, rather tangentially, loloking at the paving patterns. Who knows what was in the mind of the architects/planners... ;-)
I have a rational/irrational hatred of these. One near me is a classic of the oeuvre
- on way to school causing challenges to kids on scooters and bikes
-near a street tree creating a chicane for pavement users
-enough space on the drive if the car was parked diagonally
There’s a Tesla locally whose arse protrudes by 0.75m onto pavement. You would have thought a tape measure would have been employed somewhere along the line. I’ve abstained from any idea of “intervention” (resistance?) till today.
All the time I see vehicles parked in private spaces that were once big enough and now are not. Overhanging the pavement and blocking out light from windows. How much amenity are we supposed to give up for no reason?
There is some of this near me. I wrote to #HackneyCouncil about it. They said that this did not constitute an encroachment. You could not make it up really. Also obese vehicles oozing over parking spaces meaning visibility reduce for other road users in n arrow streets.
Ask them to define, to give some parameters for, "free passage along a highway". Once done find a case for which their definition will not apply, say a mobility scooter user taking their companion dog for a walk, then threaten with court action. Just a thought.
There is a general duty to protect public amenity, but there is case law on the subject - I recall a shop owner putting stuff out the front, but not to the extent of being a hazard. It really needs a local policy and a willingness to back it up with action though.
With the way in which collection staff leave bins randomly strewn across pavements, use of bins would find councils in a tight spot, legally. They are the worst offenders.
The terms "free passage" and "obstruction" are themselves a solicitor's nightmare and also source of revenue.
It looks very shiny. I'm surprised the owner isn't concerned the back of it might get 'abraded' by people squeezing past it. (see also drivers parking half on the pavement to avoid fellow drivers clipping their wing mirrors, or something)
Is the dumb law actually true where a vehicle only counts as parked where it's wheels are? So even if this blocked most of the pavement in an area where pavement parking is banned it wouldn't actually count as parked on the pavement?
If it's bad enough the police *should* be able to take action, but very few forces are that enlightened and you get the usual ping pong between the L. A. and police claiming it's the other's responsibility. We need a national, legal, pavement parking ban that covers this sort of behaviour.
I am aware of tree that was destroyed to make way for a van to be parked and they are also parking on a pedestrian footpath next to where the tree used to be
There is a back street near me with several examples of this, plus pavement parking. Like a slalom event for people walking. I tend to avoid the street because it just puts my blood pressure up.
The RAC are pimping a study that says 68% of UK homes have THE SPACE for off street parking for EV charging. No number on how many already have it- so unknown how many gardens need paving over and new crossovers. All based on a Ford Fiesta sized space!
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The house is too big.
Those inside are alive and doing great.
Except, perhaps, for a little annoyance about the delay.
The overhang is about 60cm though, so you'd be able to fit my Ioniq in there.
My old fabia hatchback would have no issue.
Why should this be anything to do with people walking. They could get a permit to park on the street.
people walking come last. That's why people HAVE to park no more than six feet from their own front door...
- on way to school causing challenges to kids on scooters and bikes
-near a street tree creating a chicane for pavement users
-enough space on the drive if the car was parked diagonally
Just saying.
The terms "free passage" and "obstruction" are themselves a solicitor's nightmare and also source of revenue.
A committee member, demonstrating an admirable lack of understanding of the role of *planning* stated:
"They will just have to buy a shorter car then."
Fuck the laws, they should just be able to keep pavements clear of all obstructions, but they'd rather wring their hands and do nothing...
https://www.eta.co.uk/news/50k-pollution-tax-on-large-suvs-in-france