Parking across a driveway

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Can anyone tell me where I stand legally if I park across the entrance to someone's driveway?

To give some background, my neighbour can't use their driveway. It is too steep, and therefore any vehicle (unless it was a 4x4 type vehicle with a higher ground clearance) would scrape on the bottom. Most other neighbours have adapted their driveways to make them not so steep and therefore useable.

The parking where we live is limited, to compensate for this my neighbour could park across their driveway to create another space, however they refuse to do this.

So I thought, if there comes a time when there's nowhere else to park, perhaps I might park across their driveway.

To clarify, there is a dropped kerb allowing access to the driveway.

Lol no.

What do the parking laws say? Where do you park now. Deliberately parking over someone drive seems a bit mean, how would emergency or delivery vehicles gain access.

Why would you annoy your neighbour by doing this?

I believe that it's not illegal to block someone out, but it is illegal to block someone in. But if you did it, you'd possibly end up on here as a CF, and likely ruin any cordiality with your neighbour.

No you can't park across a dropped kerb

If they have a dropped kerb you cannot park there irrespective of whether they use the drive or not .

Looking at your diagram, I'd say what this is actually about is you being annoyed that one of your neighbour's vehicles is parked outside your house rather than across their own drive.

Is this a reverse? Why would you plan to park on their dropped kerb?

So it's illegal to park across a dropped kerb that is specifically there to gain entrance to a driveway? I thought it was only illegal if the dropped kerb was to assist wheelchair users, pushchairs etc.

Either this is a reverse- or you are a CF

You neighbour can park on the road, legally, if they want to, outside your house.

You cannot park over a dropped kerb just because YOU think their drive is too steep to get a car up. That’s up to them.

You’re a CF

It sounds annoying that they are taking up more spaces than they need to but YABU, sorry.

Do you not have a driveway then?
Is there space to create one and pay for a dropped kerb?

You cannot park across their dropped kerb that’s the reason people pay now to have them out in if not there already. To stop people like you!

I'm in no way a CF. I've never done it, and was asking where I stand legally so as not to be a CF.

I have no problem with anyone parking outside my house as there are 3 'spaces' and I have one car.

You can as long as you aren’t blocking them leaving the drive way.

You cannot park across a dropped curb whether they use the driveway or not. It is their access to their driveway whether they use it or not.

Is there no pavement, how does the dropped kerb join their driveway.

sp: kerb not curb. Oops.

There is a dropped kerb, then pavement and then their driveway.

What do you mean you have three spaces? Do you mean a driveway that accommodates three care if so why would you need to do this?
Or if you mean you have three spaces outside your house then you do not have any at all since they do not belong to you

You can find the legal position on motoring and parking websites, you cannot park in front of a dropped kerb.

I didn't say I have 3 spaces, I said there are 3 spaces. As in, enough space to park 3 cars.

I've looked on a few different websites and never find anything conclusive, so thought I'd ask on here.

I can understand why it might annoy you that they don’t use the space across their driveway.

Can you ask them if it’s ok if you park there?

According to my borough parking managers, it is legal to park across your own dropped kerb (as long as it is not on the footpath parking and then obstucts footpath). That is why they restrict the reporting of dropped kerb parking infringements to the owner of the residence. ie. my neighbour cannot report someone for parking across my drive, only me as the owner. I have had quite a few discussions with the department planners and managers about this over the past two years.

You might check with your borough to see what they say.

Good luck with talking to your neighbour.

ie. if it is street parking and not on footpath parking, your neighbour can give someone permission to park across their drive as do the owners of the property in my London borough.