10 YEAR PARKING DISPUTE WITH NEIGHBOUR.

Well it sounds like she is committing benefit fraud for starters - To qualify for a Motability vehicle you are supposed to be severely disabled ( on higher rate mobility ) We have one as our daughter is permanently wheelchair bound so has one in her own name which we drive her about in. Even those on middle rate mobility are not supposed to be able to walk unaided, and they don't qualify for a vehicle .
Put up cameras, move the cones onto her property, park the vehicle. Grab the popcorn!
Next blinds are great OP 😂

Just give her a big, beaming smile as you repeatedly move the cones to the side and park up in front of her house.

NEVER steal them/throw them away though, as then she can say you stole her property.

You are absolutely in the right, OP. I know it's really annoying as we had a neighbour like this years back on a row of terraces and it is intimidating when they shout at you but it's her problem, not yours.

Can you not report on fix my street or similar online? We can report parking issues, fly tipping etc online or using fix my street app.

Is she elderly?
we have an elderly parking loon next door. Proper busybody. Our spaces are not allocated! But she has assigned herself one and anyone who parks there gets a nasty note and she’s out like a shot when she sees them return to their car to give them an earful. Obviously sat watching out the window and seething! Also has mobility issues with a walking stick but can move bloody quick enough when she wants to.

I don’t have further advice, others have given great ideas! Just a solidarity post.

There's a website called "sat no to 0870" that you can find out the land-line number of 0845, 0870 etc numbers so that you only get charged normal rate 😉 Not all numbers are on there but its worth a try.

I would put the cones by her door with a note saying 'thanks for keeping a space for me' and then repeat

Report to the council each time. If need be report as fly tipping. We had a similar issue with people using shopping baskets and all sorts to reserve spaces. The council did eventually start coming and removing them and sent letters to the nearby houses as it was counted as flytipping.

Surely you remove the cones and helpfully return them to the council..😉 They must've put them there in error. Keep doing it till she gets the message.

I'd stick a large candle under each cone and watch them melt 🤣😂

She also does not need one. She already has a spot to park at the front of the house, she's reserving the second spot, which she can't use! On addition, she has her allocated parking at the back of the house, which she doesn't use ( due
to her mobility, although her very entitled behaviour makes me wonder ).

I'd just drive over the cones, every time.

Exactly! And I'm surprised we've got this far without one!!

You have misunderstood a little -she has, and uses, her own designated space (not sure where it is exactly) but also cones off the road outside her house to prevent anyone from parking there. Which is illegal:

'Under the Highways Act 1980 it is an offence to obstruct the highway without permission from the local highway authority. We do not allow permission for cones to be placed on the highway by residents.'

Ahem...

We need a diagram which shows colour code cars, your batshit neighbour and an angry man in a high vis vest. We also need to know if your dog has his own bedroom...

Thems the rules.

Take the cones and put them in your windows instead of £1,700 blinds. Win-win.

Or next time she complains give her the blinds recommendations from this thread, so she doesn’t get bothered by looking at a car parked outside her window.

Not sure if you have seen my earlier post but just to reiterate...

Some numbers beginning 084 are chargeable. However, if the number begins with 0800 or 0808, EE cannot charge you for calling it nor can they collect a charge on behalf of the council. If they are doing so, they are in breach of their license. If you are being charged, insist on a full refund. If they refuse, make a formal complaint. If that is rejected, refer the matter to Ofcom.

YABU the rules of creating a parking thread requires a mandatory diagram! 🤣

take the cones and hide them, then when you have around 30 or so place them all around her car and on if enough left over.

the blinds try local, we have just got 3 for £199 with fitting, all over 6ft width too.
if local to yorkshire i can pm the details

We have a row of almshouses very close to us. There is a gentleman in the middle cottage, who is very infirm now, who has a mobility car, and guess what else he has, a disabled bay to park it in, right outside his front gate. It infuriates the other residents, because the way it’s being done, it’s all about him!

one of the bus stops - admittedly a quiet one also has a disabled bay in front of the bus stop and yes tge bus has hit it.

You say it would be easier to rehouse her, clearly her housing officer has been involved at some point and is ignoring the situation, she has one car, someone else is parking in her allocated space, and you want more cars than your allocated space(s)!

You have my sympathy. Neighbours that behave like this are a disgrace. Nobody owns the highway! We have some that are a bit like this, get arsey if anyone parks on 'their' side of the road. We ignore it now but it really upset me to begin with.
I agree with all the above advice - don't 'steal' the cones, just place in her garden and ignore or blandly state that you've taken legal advice and she has no right to block the highway. And get a camera on her!

Squashed cones it is !

It’s an offence to wilfully obstruct the highway. I would photograph and email the local council. I hear you on the unexpected phone bill. It cost me £10 to call the 24hour home emergency insurance people as it took them so long to answer the phone. I was unimpressed when bill came in.

Take photos of her putting them out, and report her for fly tipping. She will get a nice fine, and the cones will be removed.

I think you’ll have to be really thick skinned here and move the cones every time and ignore any yelling. Leave the cones on her property as they belong to her. Do nothing that may be considered wrong (legally). If she wants to get to the point of damaging your vehicle then she’s the one who’ll be in trouble.

Hopefully she’ll give up if people don’t stand for it.

You can have a disabled parking bay on a public highway. However, to get one she would need to have a blue badge, be receiving the higher rate of DLA or PIP, find it very difficult to get a space outside or near her home, and not have a specific place to park. From what you've posted, it sounds like she doesn't qualify.