to remove the disabled parking signs?

[DaisyBD]

I live in a small rural town and our road has no pavements and road markings. Someone has moved into a house near the end of the road that has a wide frontage with a small wall. They also have a drive with space for three cars. Many of the people in the road don’t have off-road parking, so park pretty much anywhere there’s space, including in front of this house.

The new owners have put up disabled-only parking signs along their front wall, which has stopped most people parking there. We don’t need the space but occasionally our visitors do. I have seen the new neighbours but not talked to them – we live up the road a bit so they’re not close neighbours or anything – and although I can’t see any signs of disability, I know many disabilities are invisible.

However, they have loads of space on their own drive! I think they’ve put the signs up just to stop people parking outside their house. The signs are just the ones you can buy online, there’s no council disabled white line on the road or anything.

I feel they are being selfish and hogging the road, which they don’t own. WIBU to sneak over under cover of darkness with a screwdriver and remove the signs? Obviously they’ll hate me forever if they catch me, and I don’t want to spark a feud. But it just seems a bit cheeky and I want to be cheeky back. (DH thinks I’m insane, obv.)

Hahah well done Daisy...you don't want to greet the council people without your trousers on. I wonder if the police will be called to handle the doggers? They've got some brass neck doing it in broad daylight. Also who would want to shag near a poo bin? No standards!

I have nothing to add except my dog also poos right near the poo bin when we start our walk. He's a little fucker in many respects but at least he doesn't leave me wandering around holding a bag of his crap. I'm glad your dog does the same when he drops a log.

Great diagram by the way. Your trousers are lovely. Where did you get them from? Maybe I could get a good deal in a Black Friday sale.

I've been skivingly reading this thread all day whilst at work. I think I started to fall a little bit in love with Daisy after she obliged with her first picture.

I'm now wondering.... If I want to post on a thread and I feel something visual will add to my point, will I be able to PM her and request a picture. Daisy, I would give you credit for the art. I wouldn't try and pass it off as my own or anything. (well... I might).

granny yes sure.

back on topic - here's the bit of fence that blocks off the end of the path. I tried to get a picture of the disabled signs too but there were workmen in the drive and it's a very low wall. Tomorrow.

also crashdoll I've made the trousers look better than they are in real life, they're very tatty.

Loving the diagrams Daisy!

That fence needs a couple of good hammer blows and it'd be down. Right of way resumed.

KICK IT!!

that is not a fence, it's an abomination!

Aaaah! I love this!

The thread that keeps on giving . . . .

here's the disabled parking signs. I omitted to say that (1) they also have two garages and (2) they are trying to keep two spaces on the road free. I also got it wrong, it's an audi not a porsche. I'm shit with cars.

A disabled sign of the road (legitimately put there by ccil) allows ANY disbaled person to park there, not solely any disabled occupant of the nearest house.

Your dogging problem could get worse if so sort out access and parking issues.

My could end up dogging in the path :o

I'd drop this now OP, before it ends up on the telly.

:D

Honestly my fav thread ever - MN needs more diagrams/photos obviously

My NDN is obsessed with the parking outside her house as if she owns the land - obvs she doesn't though. She knocks on doors, it's in case her son needs to come in an emergency who never comes ever

Oh no, I don't like the look of that gate at all.

Brilliant diagrams, thanks OP

... sorry, "bit of fence", not gate. That makes it even worse. Definitely have it removed

It was me who initially asked for diagrams

We owe you one Rocky

Hands Rocky a trophy and an enormous bunch of

On the back entrance issue check the deeds. My son just bought a house with a gate at end of garden on to land owned by electricity board but there is NO right of way that way despite the gate (his solicitor advised on all this before purchase). Apparently some residents pay the Board to park back there.
Also there is a right of way between the two houses at the front which most people don't seem to use but he does have a gate to that. We went into it very thoroughly including getting old deeds in handwritten writing typed up to check it out.

On the disabled signs on the wall some leasehold (and a few freehold properties) are prohibited from putting up public signs - eg we do not allow signs on this private estate even for sale signs and my own deeds ban all kinds of signs so it might be worth checking that. You can buy your neighbour's basic title deeds for £3 on the land registry website.

As I am sure others have said above you cannot nominate pubilc roads for parking for certain people withoug the council doing it - it would be like my saying only women can park here or only people with red hair or only those with a dog in their car. It's not my call. It's not my road.

Daisy do you have a telephoto lens to hand? I want to see these parking notices up close.

I'll see if I can get closer tomorrow without drawing attention to myself. As you can see the wall doesn't provide much cover.

I am looking forward to future drawings. Particularly of any Very Tall vehicles belonging to registered disabled mumsnetters parked in front of that bungalow. Rather than removing the disabled parking signs, could you erect some more in the area? Ideally large, "free level parking this way" signs? Beautifully illustrated?

Train the dog to take a picture with a selfie stick!

Looks illegal, the posters are not worth the paper they are written on. There needs to be road markings with sufficient wheel chair acces on both sides, of which your neighbours are sadly lacking.

If you do not get anywhere with the Highways Dept, speak to Cabinet Portfolio Cllr for Highways. As to the RoW, think this will come under Planning so same advice applies.

Can you do a mission impossible roll in the dead of night? Commando crawl from your house? Night vision goggles? You'll easily be able to wiggle along the bottom of the wall and get rid of them signs. As long as you wear camouflage obvs.

My next door neighbour has a camper van and a disabled badge. When shall I send him round?