To complain about a neighbour parking on a pavement?

[Whatsername24]

We live on a newly built estate and unusually for these type of estates, all houses have garages and quite large drives. However, over the last week someone nearby, but I don't know who as new families have moved into three of the houses over the past couple of months, has started parking a works van overnight about 5 yards away from a junction and with three-quarters of it on the pavement. You can just about squeeze past (and I've had to twice each night) but in doing so you brush up against someone's hedge which isn't much fun if it's wet! Anyone with a buggy or pram would have to walk into the road, close to the junction, and the same would happen to anyone on a motobility scooter. It's quite a busy junction as it's one of two roads which go through the estate with smaller closes branching off it.
It's really annoying me.
I've got the name of the company - they're builders - so have found the email for the MD. AIBU to email him and complain?

YANBU. You should also report him to police.

This sort of parking really pisses me off so YANBU. Fair enough of its a one-off or for a short job and there's nowhere else to park, but if this looks like it might be a regular thing then it's not on. People with mobility scooters/pushchairs/small children should not have to walk in the road putting themselves at danger. Can you call 101 for advice?

Put a note on the van explaining it is illegal to park so close to the junction. and that it's inconsiderate to park on the pavement. Or just e-mail the company.
I would also misalign the wing mirror each time I had to squeeze past.

I think YABU, although I totally understand that's annoying. Just put a note, with your info, on the van asking them to park better, or catch the driver and just communicate and ask him/her to park elsewhere. It seems peculiar to go to the MD/ police without just politely asking the van owner to park more considerately.

New build estates tend to have clauses whereby vehicles such as this are not allowed to park in residential areas overnight. Ours does

It 'lowers the tone' lol

Is it parked over a lowered pavement? Or a blister pavement slab?

I would put a polite note on it asking that they park more considerately and explain the difficulties for prams or wheelchairs. If they ignore it, email the MD of the company.

I complained when vans were doing this on my dmothers estate. The police came round and spoke to the three offenders. A random second visit resulted in official warnings and a third visit didn't go down well for one person. The estate is full of either OAPs (that I know because I grew up with their children) or new families with young children. They were all bring forced to walk on the road around these vans.
Two police officers with families have moved in over the last five years....the three van families then sold and moved. I still wonder whether that was a coincidence or not.

We live on quite a new estate and works vans are not allowed to be parked here.
I would speak to your local pcso if possible

Where I used to live it was in the title deeds that no commercial vehicles were allowed. Check yours.

Good luck with it OP. I complained to my awful local authority and the police (because they wouldn't follow it up) about a car being parked every night half on the pavement at a junction, blocking visibility and most of the pavement. Not even in a housing estate but on an urban street and public road. Police left notes twice then claimed they couldn't do anything when it kept happening.

Mind you, this was the same city where a delivery vehicle for a pub would block access to an entire street regularly and the local authority that gave them pp again claimed they couldn't do anything.

Thankfully I don't live there any more.

Buggies can really cause nasty scratches to van doors if you have to squeeze past them on the pavement...