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To want the caravan gone

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WhenSheWasBadSheWasHorrid · 16/05/2014 14:32

I know I'm being unreasonable and it isn't really affecting me but I'm just sick of the sight of the damned caravan.

I live on a busy road - a high street so busy in the day but quiet after 5pm. There is a small stretch of green space one door down from my house. For the past month there has been a caravan parked there, it hasn't moved once.

Parking it at a bit of a premium so it's taking up a spot a car would normally go. But mostly I'm just sick of looking at the ugly tin box. You often see it moving about as there is someone in there, I wouldn't be surprised if the owner did live in it.

Tell me to mind my own business please as it's really starting to get to me and I know it shouldn't.

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mrssnodge · 16/05/2014 14:41

when I first moved into my house, the previous ownner had let a friend park their old battered caravan right outside the house, & they just presumed we would too as they had no intention of moving it - they did not even live on the same street! sharp got rid of them mind- got council involved an we said it was abandonded as no one knew who it belonged to, and promptly parked our two cars there! ha ha

Eliza22 · 16/05/2014 14:48

I'm not sure what you can do about this. Many years ago, I had a neighbour who would park their caravan in such a way that it was my total view, from my lounge window yet, they couldn't see it. At all. It would stand there month after month. I asked them why it was outside MY window (terraced property) and they said it was the only place they could put it as they had 3 (bloody) cars!

I moved. YANBU

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WhenSheWasBadSheWasHorrid · 16/05/2014 17:28

Urgh at least it isn't outside my house.

mrsn how did the council help move it, I'm wondering if my council could get involved?

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jacks365 · 16/05/2014 17:35

Where exactly is the caravan parked? If it's on a public road then it is illegal and can be removed. If it's on private land then it's up to the landowner.

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WhenSheWasBadSheWasHorrid · 16/05/2014 18:17

It's on a public road. Is it really illegal?

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jacks365 · 16/05/2014 18:20

Yes it's illegal if it is not hitched to a vehicle that is taxed, mot and insured.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 16/05/2014 18:26

If there is someone living in it I'm pretty sure that's against some regulation or other.

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WhenSheWasBadSheWasHorrid · 16/05/2014 18:31

Damn it. It is attached to a vehicle, the car in question is seriously clapped out - it's possible the vehicle isn't MOTed.

Don't know if I should report him/her or just put up with it.

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jacks365 · 16/05/2014 18:42

I would ring the police on 101 and say you think it's been abandoned. If the police come and check everything out it may be enough to get the person to move on if not and they are living in it then they will be in breach of council regulations and it will be worth reporting it to them.

WhereDoAllTheCalculatorsGo · 16/05/2014 18:47

When you say 'green space' do you mean a grass verge that is part of the public highway? If it is council-owned the Grounds Maintenance or Highways departments at HHS council might be able to enforce removal.
If the patch of land is privately owned they can park what they like on it, of course.

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WhenSheWasBadSheWasHorrid · 16/05/2014 19:04

wheredo it's definitely on a public road. He / she has parked outside a vicarage. The green space is the front garden of the vicarage iykwim.

jacks if I complain will the police say who has reported them I'm a wimp

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jacks365 · 16/05/2014 19:10

No the police won't say, you don't even need to give your details to the police to raise your concerns and for them to look into it.

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WhenSheWasBadSheWasHorrid · 16/05/2014 20:49

Cheers jacks it's been reported. Feel a bit odd reporting it as possibly abandoned when it is attached to a car.

To be honest both the car and caravan look incredibly scruffy so abandonment is easily possible I'm such a snob

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indigo18 · 16/05/2014 21:05

YADNBU whenever I see a caravan parked in a front garden I feel sorry for the neighbours who have to look at it and possibly have their light blocked. Would give me the rage! Keep us posted.

indigo18 · 16/05/2014 21:06

Also pretty sue you can't live in a caravan on a road...

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WhenSheWasBadSheWasHorrid · 16/05/2014 21:15

I don't know if he / she (never actually seen the owner) lives in it or not. Just seen a lot of movement in it.

So clearly a bit of a false report to the police, saying I think it's been abandoned when clearly it hasn't .

I don't get why people leave them on their drives all year unless they are on holiday. Might as well stick a bill board up saying "attention all local burglars property is now vacant".

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Pipbin · 16/05/2014 21:25

The caravans often get stolen too! You can put them in storage I understand.

indigo18 · 16/05/2014 21:30

Try the 'abandoned' route, and if that fails, tell them you think someone is living in it. Enraged thinking about it!

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WhenSheWasBadSheWasHorrid · 16/05/2014 21:57

I've had a look online. If it is left on the road overnight it has to be lit (it isn't) and with the rear of the van pointed towards oncoming traffic (it's parked the wrong way round).

The police into says councils often take complaints about parked caravans seriously and will ask you to move it. Sounds like I may be justified in being annoyed.

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WhenSheWasBadSheWasHorrid · 16/05/2014 21:58

pipbin are you suggesting I steal the caravan Shock Grin

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