Parking - WWYD?

[Whyhaveidonethis]

It's a hard set up to explain but my house used to be a pub so although the front opens onto what looks like is pavement we actually own the ground in front of the house for about a metre and then there is about a metre of pavement in front of this. For about 3 weeks now a bloody great black van has parked right up to or over the boundary of our house, across the part that is marked off as pavement and literally in front of my front door. I can't actually easily manoeuvre anything large into my house and getting out my driveway is totally blind as there is a huge van in the way blocking all visibility.

I actually need to get a bed frame out of the house but can't as this van is always there. It never seems to move, we'll it does but not when I'm home. It's also forcing people to walk across the bit of land which belongs to me and next door. We have no idea who owns the van, it's taxed and only a year old. I feel a bit silly putting a note on it but it's really pissing me off. WWYD?

Obligatory diagram attached. Sorry it's a bit shit!! As you can see from the pic it isn't on my boundary today but pretty close.

I should add that I have no problem with people walking on my bit of land but I have a problem with them parking across the path and generally being unthinking that they are blocking the pavement and the visibility, but mainly I want to be able to get stuff out of the house

Are there double yellows prevents them from parking? I'm. Not sure how you can own this part of the pavement. Surely any pedestrian would also assume it's part of the pavement including those in wheelchairs who would have no option but to use it.

A note saying "please do not park on the pavement"?

Just leave a note on it. They won't stop if they think you don't mind

Does that double yellow line continue towards you? Could inform council if so.

If he's on your boundary one day, you can inform the police I believe.

I should add that I have no problem with people walking on my bit of land

That's your problem right there ... inch/mile and all that.

If it's your land, then surely you can paint/mark it as you like ? A sodding big PRIVATE LAND in dayglo paint seems a start, maybe ?

I'm not sure I really understand. From the photo it looks like the van is parked a few inches onto your land. Is that right?

Are the white lines on the photo marking the edge of your property?
Does the double yellow line extend to outsideb your house?

Report it online to the police (101 service) or local council enforcement team. And once he's moved it you need a post and chain in front of your house to make it clear it's a boundary and stop people doing it.

Get some plants, and accept needing to wait in/ then stick some bloody big pots out up to the boundary? Also- they seem to be parked on a double yellow, so report to the council for that?

In the photo the line in the concrete is the edge of my boundary so he's a couple of inches off it. I don't own the pavement, that is marked bt a white line about three feet in front of my boundary.the line is a solid single one to mark the pavement and then changes to a double white line across the drive

There are no yellow lines just white ones

In the photo the line in the concrete is the edge of my boundary so he's a couple of inches off it

So he isn't on your land at all? He's on the pavement in front of your land? Or am I not understanding this at all?

I would stick a note on the van saying he is parked partially on private property and a pavement.
Can you put flower pots on your land as a temporary move.
He should not be parking on your property or the pavement.

He's not on my land today just blocking the entire pavement. Some days he's right across my land

I don't think you can complain about his parking today, but I'd ask him to shift if he's going over your boundary in future

Chat to more neighbours as the van is probably local. Buy some big tubs and put some plants in or small posts and chains to show the boundary. Good luck, some people are arses.

He's across the whole pavement. Thus is making everyone walk across my land.

I think I get it.
You own the area outlined in white. The van is parked right up to that and because he is parked on the pavement, he is forcing padestrians to walk across your land.
You have no room to manoeuvre things out if your home because of how he is parked.
Also if you cordened off your area, padestrians would be forced to walk into the road.
I’d ring the council as this might qualify for yellow lines.

@emilybrontescorsett exactly that. If I block it off there is no pedestrian access across the front of my house because he is blocking it. I can't even put my bins out for the past 3 weeks. I have to take them up the road so I don't block it off

It looks like he thinks the boundary line is a parking line, separating the pedestrian part of the pavement from the parking section. We have that system in our road, though it is painted, and people still park on the whole pavement!
A note on the van asking him not to park on the pavement and some big plant pots on your land showing it is not the pavement should do the trick.

In our area, the white lines indicate places where car's can't park.
Have you tried your local council parking enforcement team to see what they say?

argh, cars not car's !!

I'd knock on a couple of neighbours and ask if they know who's van it is, and have a very pleasant chat explaining your difficulties. Most people are reasonable and lovely and dont like to put people out. If not leave an equally pleasant note on the assumption they are a normal person.

And if no improvement move on to other strategies.

Contact the police/council parking enforcement saying he's parked on the pavement and is hindering access to your property