AIBU to not know the actual rules on parking next to a dropped kerb?

[Kerbie678]

I'm not sure what's allowed and what's not regarding parking over a dropped kerb, as different websites have conflicting advice.

There's a dropped kerb outside my house specifically for my driveway, and there is a wooded area across the road with no footpath, so it's not as if anyone needs to access the dropped kerb in order to cross the road.
I'm unable to use the driveway presently as it's too steep, but I do use the dropped kerb to turn my car around, because otherwise I'd have to drive down the road to turn it as my road isn't the widest.

I tend to park along my dropped kerb, but lately my neighbour has taken to parking his car directly over it if he arrives home before me and there's little car parking space elsewhere for him. When he does this, it means I have to park further down the road and am unable to see my car out the window to check on it. What's more, this leaves me unable to turn my car round easily, as mentioned.

My neighbour has two vehicles for his property, and often parks leaving a large space between them, and even though I've politely asked if he wouldn't mind parking a few metres further along so that I can park outside my own drive, he usually ignores this,

Do I have any rights to park outside my own dropped kerb, as, like I said, some websites say yes, but others say I'm not able to.
Btw, I know I don't own the road, but would just like advice on this, thanks.

Depends on the locality and how much of a jobsworth the traffic attendant was really. If no one complains, then very little chance of a ticket around here, and if it's your drive, you're hardly going to complain if you park across it! If your neighbour parks across it, you can complain to the council and they "may" send a warden to ticket it. Also whether it inhibits access for a disabled person, i.e. if it's the only dropped kerb then parking there is blocking, say, a wheelchair user from getting up/down the kerb to say cross over - that's definitely ticketable! But if there are lots of dropped kerbs, so lots of other easy/convenient options for a wheelchair user, less risk of a ticket. I've parked across my own dropped kerb (with a white H marking) many, many times over the years. Not causing a problem to wheelchair users because neighbours each side also have dropped kerbs. Once I did get a parking ticket, (must have been a jobsworth short of hitting his targets) but it was cancelled upon appeal when I pointed out it was my own drive that I "blocked" and sent a photo showing all the other dropped kerbs that a hypothetical wheelchair user could have used!

Can't you just repair the drive then use it and he won't be able to block you in ?

Definitely this.
And your problem is solved.