help for rural driveway issue

happywithlife

I'm living in a rural house with a large stone wall to the front. outside of this is an area of scree, between the wall and the road; its cleaned and chipped and in a curved arch following the line of the road. I'm getting conflicting info as to wether or not I can rope it off / place small boulders perhaps along it - with a view to preventing unwanted parking there...
can anyone point me in the right direction? I'm not even sure what I need to be looking up -- I just need to know CAN i put something there / what would be acceptable? Is there legislation covering this?
Solictor has been of limited help so far. We've established to the best of our ability it is with in the title deeds of the site but because somebody has already 'parked' there it may neccesitate a court injunction to get them moved. Costly and with no hope of recovering costs so it seems. Requests to move have so far failed.
Mods if in the wrong area please move. TIA

BryanF

How old is the house?
I’d assume the drive/front wall setback was to comply with planning?
Assuming this you would want to check with the local roads engineer before proceeding.

John_Rambo

I see this a good bit on setbacks to rural house entrances, bollards, clothesline type rope, painted rocks, awful orange traffic cones. Surely there isn't an issue of parking on rural roads happywithlife? (I'm just curious)

happywithlife

house is 9 yrs. setback. thanks. i didn't know the correct term to use. That's useful to know.
No it wasn't part of planning - more in line where an old building once stood so the road curved around it. said building is long gone (decades) and was overgrown out to the road before being cleared.
unfortunately parking is becoming an issue as a neighbour's son has recently taken up truck driving & decided this is a good parking spot in spite of having other options available to him at his home -- they're just not as convenient for pulling in/out of or his parents don't want an artic parked outside their house every evening (okay to do it in front of ky house though) :-/

listermint

tbh id go out and speak to him, tell him to park it on his own land.

Rather than waste your own time / money fixing a problem which you know the singular cause of

BryanF

happywithlife wrote: »

house is 9 yrs. setback. thanks. i didn't know the correct term to use. That's useful to know.
No it wasn't part of planning - more in line where an old building once stood so the road curved around it. said building is long gone (decades) and was overgrown out to the road before being cleared.
unfortunately parking is becoming an issue as a neighbour's son has recently taken up truck driving & decided this is a good parking spot in spite of having other options available to him at his home -- they're just not as convenient for pulling in/out of or his parents don't want an artic parked outside their house every evening (okay to do it in front of ky house though) :-/

So the house is 9years old, in that case it is a planning compliance mater. Contact the local roads Eng before proceeding.

happywithlife

listermint we have done - several times. including a solictors ketter outlining that the land in question IS in our title deeds and not part of the public road as he was assuming and adament about. he is completly approachable and seems to be a stubborn guy with a sense of entitlement.
BryanF thanks

db

happywithlife wrote: »

listermint we have done - several times. including a solictors ketter outlining that the land in question IS in our title deeds and not part of the public road as he was assuming and adament about. he is completly approachable and seems to be a stubborn guy with a sense of entitlement.
BryanF thanks

Talk to the parents and ask them to sort it out. If that doesn't work then get in touch with his employer and tell them their vehicle is parked dangerously every night. It must be blocking your sight lines so it is dangerous.

JimmyMW

Go straight to your solicitor and issue a letter to the trucking company regarding the parking on your property, your solicitor will be able to word a non aggressive but firm letter, that should resolve the issue.