Is it legal to park here?

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Terraced street. Each house has one car outside. Last house on street parks at the end of the closed road in the middle but it obstructs no one.

Lady who's household has 2 cars and lives a few houses down has started parking here (red car)

DH is one of the cars directly next to hers and can't get out, so needs to knock on her door at 7.45 to get her up and mover her car!
She gets very mad about this!!

Can she park there, she says she can.

So it’s a cul de sac/no through road? And she’s parking in the middle of the road?

How would a fire engine or ambulance get down?

What happens if there is a fire?

Not legal tell her not to do it again but don't be surprised if she takes another spot. None of those spaces "belong" to a house.

It's a closed road at the end, just a walk through. No car access.

But because she parks there 5 cars can't get out. Ours, house opposite and 3 at the very end of the road.

“Is it illegal to double-park in the UK?
Is double parking illegal? Double parking falls under decriminalised parking enforcementand as such, it will normally be dealt with by the local authority. You will receive a civil penalty charge rather than a police fixed penalty notice, and you won't get penalty points on your licence.”

Just contact the council. Maybe a couple of parking tickets will stop her.

She can't park there

Legally yes we know this, but there's been an understanding for over a decade between neighbours that we all have our own spaces and no one ever takes anyone else's. It's always been that way.

But instead of parking down the road she just puts it in the middle.

No she can’t park there. Your dh needs to tell her not to park there.

No because she is obstructing all.the other cars. Unfortunately now the UK has too many cars and not enough parking spaces

Can she park on another street? Although very awkward if she parks outside someone else’s house who needs the space for their own car.

He's told her before and she says it's legal and she can park where she wants and she will move it if anyone needs to get out. 🥴

She isn't allowed to block other peoples access to the highway. Which is what she is doing.

Your DH needs to start going to the gym at 5:30am. Every day.

The self entitlement of the lady is staggering!

she can't park there

Yep. I would contact the council for advice here but also a knock or 2 from the police might put an end to it.

Well in that case she can't complain when he asks her to do so. But it's an utter dick move.

“Can she park there, she says she can.”

No.

I think your DH needs to start knocking on her door at 5.45am 😏

She’s off her rocker. At least there are 5 neighbours who can all go round at once and tell her it’s not on.

Doesn’t your husband have some early overtime booked over the coming days?

No one should be parking in the turning circle. I work for the ambulance service and had to back up a very long way to get out of a road the other day because the turning circle resembled a carpark. I then had to reverse all the way back down it so the ramp was facing the right way. Much delay to urgent treatment. Selfish.

PersonAlly I’d be going out even earlier to knock her up every single time she does it

i wouldn’t be arguing with her about whether or not it’s legal for her to park there. She doesn’t like being disrupted to move her car, so ask her what exactly she’d like your husband to do when it’s gone for him to leave in his car.

It's no a circle/cul de sac it literally a street that just ends squarely. I wish it was a circle as it's a nightmare to turn round 😂😭