Long-term parking

tony glenn

Any advice out there appreciated....we live on a small, well-kept estate with the usual cul-de-sac turning spaces at the end of each row of houses. One of the neighbours seems to deal in car repairs and sales, and has recently started parking various vehicles for weeks at a time in turning areas. They aren't causing too much obstruction, and seem to be legal re tax, nct etc...
but we're concerned that the numbers will increase. The police say there's nothing they can do as the cars aren't illegally parked, but they're becoming an eyesore the longer they're parked there.
We aren't keen on approaching the neighbour involved, there could be a language barrier plus we don't want to start a 'neighbours-from-hell' scenario.
Is there anything we can do to get the cars moved?

Sheldons Brain

Are the cars all fully taxed etc, the police can certainly do something if this is not the case.

slimjimmc

Assuming the roadway is public talk to the local authority, while many people run a small business from home the LA might have an objection to him operating a business in the public spaces of a residential area (using the public road as his commercial carpark)

_Kaiser_

If they're legal (taxed and NCT'd) and not causing any obstructions then I don't see the problem TBH

If the Gardai and council won't/can't get involved then you could always go to the Revenue and let them see if he's fully tax complaint with his home business.. but you might want to consider the effect all of these complaints may have on neighbourhood relations for the sake of aesthetics.

I never get this "eyesore" argument in these complaints. There are a lot of estates where resident's daily cars are parked all over the place because they were never designed for that many, and getting in and out can be a massive pain, yet no-one seems to have an issue there. I live in an apartment and there's a row of cars parked outside that are blocking my view of the green behind them but, meh.. that's life in a housing estate!

tony glenn

Sure, a week or two is no problem...but now the grass and weeds are growing around the cars, because the gardening guy can't get his mower around them. It's always frustrating when the vast majority of residents take pride in their houses and surroundings, but a very small minority use the area as their personal business premises........

moleyv

Report to planning authority for unauthorised development. Simples.