Dealing with neighbours inconsiderate parking

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One particular neighbour keeps parking on the small footpath which runs down the side of our house. In fact he parks on it so fully there have been times we cannot get out of our gate and have had to clamber over our wall to get out. We did speak to him but he still continues to do it even though there's loads of space further down and there's no reason to park on the path.
Anyway we are thinking of putting some planters on the path outside our gate, possibly right on the edge of the pavement close to the road. Obviously this will stop him parking on the path but will we get into trouble? There will still be room to walk down the path though in an estate of only 6 houses, we are pretty muchnthe only ones who uses it.
Already tried speaking to council who refused to consider dropped kerbs, yellow lines etc

I'd put a couple of nice big heavy rocks on the grass. Like people do to stop others turning in their driveways.

Any friends with extra cars that can be parked there for a long period? Obvs parked better than that willy does

Just do it. The worst that will happen is you’re asked to move the pots. I doubt you will be asked to though.

Or alternatively put down a couple of large, heavy garden stones.

Hi everyone I've just gotten back from work so catching up on your lovely responses.

I think on consideration putting planters or rocks on the path will egg him on and wouldn't put it past him to deliberately injur himself or damage his car on purpose to cause problems for us..but what could he actually do? Could he really sue us..genuine question?
If anyone else parks there he has been known to come out in the early hours to move his car to the pavement outside our gate when the other cars have gone. He actually lives in the house next door to us and he has a large drive but he has 2 'weekend' cars parked there.
I'm genuinely puzzled why he parks like this as there is plenty of room in the estate to park more politely including outside his own house.
I'll check with the council about the status of the path but it literally starts out of nowhere at the side of our garden so no one other than us can start walking on it from its starting point (if that makes sense).

If your gate opens outwards, smash it into the side of his car.

If your gate opens inwards, leave your house with a screwdriver (because you know, DIY) and fall into the car, screwdriver first.

He'll never park there again.

Who does the path belong to?

What rights do any people have to use it?

Get copies from https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/land-registry

Only use the gov.uk site. The others are scammers.

Had a similar problem twice , same property. Once I was blocked in by car parked across the drive entrance. Called 101, call handler said they could take action against car owner. They got a phone number for him via DVLA and told him to move it before he got a ticket.
Second time blocked out of the driveway and 101 said they couldn’t do anything other than tell he the owner lived between number 50 and 70 X Street and I’d gave to knock doors to get it moved.
Difference was being blocked in vs out. Report to 101.

He’s really trying to intimidate you, especially moving the car during the night. Not sure what you can do for the best without it all kicking off.

When you speak to him, what reason does he give for parking there and not elsewhere?

I'm not sure if you are aware, you have a spelling error.... screwdriver doesn't have 'handbag' in it 😆

If he's blocking a public footpath/right of way you may be able to report him.

Can you park there yourself?

Park there yourself?

Great minds!

Hi apologies should have made clear, I don't drive so don't have a car so it's not really about him taking my parking space.
He doesn't give any reason, just shrugs his shoulders and smirks and he is definitely the type to kick off if confronted.

I’m sure B&Q sell yellow paint.

Anyone with disabilities? Might be worth investigating as disabled space.

Could you drop the curb and have a home parking space?

I think your best bet is to tell him that you need to be able to access your property as it's not safe to have the entrance blocked eg for fire or ambulance. That if he persists in parking there you will be obliged to call police as it poses a danger to the occupants of the house.

I think climb over his car a few times. That should solve it.

As long as you're not likely to park there OP, I'd be tempted to chuck a few nails down, he's unlikely to notice, and will think twice about parking there, once he's had a puncture or two!

Can you speak to one of your councillors? They can put pressure on the council officers to do something about it.

I would just park there myself until he got.the message

This is really not a good idea and could.cause.an accident

Similar situation where I live. The people concerned called the police and they dealt with it. Anti social behaviour 101

Don’t put planters, neighbour likely to trip over them and sue you….

I'd give him a heads up that he parks there at his own risk and you'll no longer be making allowances for his car. If you scratch it when you squeeze by with your bin, bag, bike, brillo pad then it's hard luck. He has opportunity to park elsewhere

Put an old bicycle on the footpath and chain it to your gate with a bike lock, it’ll be easier for you to move when going in and out of your gate.