Parking and drives

[Cel119]

So i live on a council estate/ex council estate. Basically just not a new build estate. When the houses were built there clearly was not as much demand for parking. A lot of the houses have installed drives since the houses were built, but not all houses have this ability due to positioning of the house, mine being one. Yes, i wholey regret ever moving here, but not just because of this. We only have 1 vehicle The on street parking gets very full during evenings and weekends. There is one house that has always had a drive to the side of their house that could fit 2 cars parallel parked. This was how this house was built. The residents of this house have 2 large cars (4x4) and the man drives a flat bed truck for work which he always parked on the on street parking. At the beginning of this year I saw them building a drive to the front of their house. A drive that could easily fit 2 cars side by side. I informed the council that this house already had a drive and this will reduce on street parking further. They justified it saying we are promoting electric vehicles and want people to get charging pods blah blah. I was hopeful that they would use their new drive considerately and create more on street parking for the rest of us. E.g. park cars to front and flat bed truck to side. Since the complaint they have had their drop kerb put in and they now park 1 car on each drive and still park their flat bed truck in the road. This truck has made it very difficult for emergency vehicles to park and manoeuvre in the past. On a daily basis I see cars struggling to drive through the street because the road is too narrow for the flat bed truck to be parked there. But even if it was wide enough the whole thing has peed me off a lot. I don't know how other residents feel who also are in the same position as me but am I being unreasonable? What would you do about it? E.g. is there avenues of complaint i could take. I almost said something as he parked up today as I happened to be walking past. I had to hold my tongue. Would really appreciate other's thoughts.

If it’s a public road they can park a vehicle on it, even if the do have a drive. (although check if there any restrictions on size of vehicle in your area).
It’s bloody annoying and inconsiderate though. Over the road from me has a drive way for 2 vehicles that they park one car on, but their second car and huge work van are on the road. Even though the van leaves first and comes back later so could park behind the car on the drive. It makes it incredibly difficult for us to get on & off our drive, no matter if we reverse or drive on.

The person near you probably doesnt like how their truck makes their house look or being deliberatelt c**ty. I think the people here are just trying to show some power of how much they have. You could actually report it as an obstruction as it prevents you getting into your drive. I dont know what it is with the flat bed trucks, but the people that drive them, always park them in an incredibly ignorant way. I know it's hard because they're big but if you have an option to park them in a more convenient way, why wouldn't you?