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It’s a parking one…

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MegsLevante · 27/03/2023 06:01

Builders have blocked off 6 free parking areas on our road with bollards. This is a public road and those spaces are used by the residents because not everyone has a drive.

There has been a derelict house on the road for ages. One of the parking spaces is in front of this house but the other 5 aren’t. The house has been sold recently (no idea who to) and they have builders in. These builders have put bollards (last week) and now traffic lights on to block off these spaces.

They have also left these bollards and traffic lights in place over the weekend when they aren’t doing any work.

Are they allowed to do this on a public road? If they’ve got traffic lights, have they got the council involved, or can anyone put up traffic lights? Who do we complain to?

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SirChenjins · 27/03/2023 20:41

Looks like we’re entertaining each other tonight

beAsensible1 · 27/03/2023 22:00

NeverApologiseNeverExplain · 27/03/2023 18:50

Are you hoping that the Council is somehow going to punish the builders for putting cones out last week? All they can do is warn them not to do it again and take action if they catch them in the act in future. You and your neighbours also now have the Council’s acknowledgement that you can move any future cones without fear of being sanctioned. But beyond that, you’re not going to get the “justice” you seek. What you are going to get is a whole load of bad feeling for being so heavy-handed.

I genuinely don’t understand why nobody is willing to TALK to the people involved.

its so bizarre and just pretending that isn't an option and by far the simplest one

FredaFox · 28/03/2023 06:47

I'm calling troll
It's not normal to be this pedantic
If this what's app group exists, what a group of nasty busy bodies, I pity the new person moving in who will have to put up with a bunch of vipers who think they own and control a public street

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MegsLevante · 28/03/2023 07:38

FredaFox · 28/03/2023 06:47

I'm calling troll
It's not normal to be this pedantic
If this what's app group exists, what a group of nasty busy bodies, I pity the new person moving in who will have to put up with a bunch of vipers who think they own and control a public street

I think you can look to this thread for a bunch of vipers and busy bodies. Look at how invested some posters have got in a situation that doesn’t even involve them - the definition of busybody 🤷‍♀️

It’s actually quite a simple situation, blown out of all proportion by some posters who are clearly very frustrated in their every day lives and come to mumsnet to vent their anger and attention seek.

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MegsLevante · 28/03/2023 07:43

FredaFox · 28/03/2023 06:47

I'm calling troll
It's not normal to be this pedantic
If this what's app group exists, what a group of nasty busy bodies, I pity the new person moving in who will have to put up with a bunch of vipers who think they own and control a public street

Oh and I shared this thread with the neighbours last night.

The reaction - isn’t mumsnet that place that gets laughed at in the media frequently?

Thanks to those few posters who posted sensibly. The rest of you need to find something more productive to do with your lives. Getting this involved and in some cases this emotional about a stranger’s parking situation, isn’t healthy or normal.

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NeverApologiseNeverExplain · 28/03/2023 07:49

Yes. I do indeed find that the best way to vent my anger is to advise someone to engage in civil discussion and try to reach a mutually acceptable solution that will facilitate future good relations.

And I’m curious OP, were you only expecting responses from people involved in the situation? Because, if you were, I’m not sure Mumsnet was really the best place to ask..

FredaFox · 28/03/2023 08:18

😂 "
I think you can look to this thread for a bunch of vipers and busy bodies. Look at how invested some posters have got in a situation that doesn’t even involve them - the definition of busybody 🤷‍♀️"

Busy bodies, you brought a petty complaint to Mumsnet thinking you'd get support when all you did is annoy people with your attitude 😂
You clearly have nothing better to do or worry about in your life, good luck to you

BitOutOfPractice · 28/03/2023 08:25

The rest of you need to find something more productive to do with your lives.

Can you actually die of irony?

withthehammer · 28/03/2023 08:34

BitOutOfPractice · 28/03/2023 08:25

The rest of you need to find something more productive to do with your lives.

Can you actually die of irony?

I suspect the intricacies of human interaction present an ongoing area of difficulty for the OP.

MrNook · 28/03/2023 08:49

The rest of you need to find something more productive to do with your lives.

Like having a street WhatsApp group where all cry over some cones and plan ways to stick it to the builders by putting the cones in the garden instead of just parking elsewhere for a bit? Great idea!

Can't wait for the updates when they put the cones back again, you might actually explode!

MyriadOfTravels · 28/03/2023 08:59

MegsLevante · 28/03/2023 07:43

Oh and I shared this thread with the neighbours last night.

The reaction - isn’t mumsnet that place that gets laughed at in the media frequently?

Thanks to those few posters who posted sensibly. The rest of you need to find something more productive to do with your lives. Getting this involved and in some cases this emotional about a stranger’s parking situation, isn’t healthy or normal.

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Err… is it healthier and more productive to post on MN about something like this?
Is it normal to get this emotional and angry about 4 parking spaces when you’ve established RIGHT AT THE START that you can find alternative ways to park??

MyriadOfTravels · 28/03/2023 09:01

There are 63 replies form you.
Ot seems very unhealthy to be that involved with a group/thread that you consider crazy because they dint see things the same way than you

Why not stepping back instead? (I’d advise to step back from the WhatsApp group too. It seems that you are winding each other up in the subject and ALL making things worse than they are or need to be)

TinyTear · 29/03/2023 07:11

@MegsLevante I agree with you.

We have a similar issue in our street but our council does fuck all.

The owners are saving thousands of pounds as they could book the spaces legally with the council and that's what people do when they need space for a moving van.

These builders block with cones and bins and then bring in huge skips and cement mixers. It's just ridiculous

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