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Hi folks,
I have 2 rights of access across other peoples land to my property (red on the plan). These are the only 2 ways to my property; one is vehicular access (green on plan) and the other is pedestrian only (blue on plan). The pedestrian acces is down the side of a disused shop (the building between the green & blue lines).
The gates for this pedestrian access were falling apart so the owner of the shop has undertaken some repairs. He has put a new wooden gate at the front of the access route, where it borders the street, which is bolted and padlocked from the inside so I cannot now get through it. Worse still is that at the rear of the shop he has replaced the old wooden gate with a concrete panelled wall.
I have spoken to the shop owner and all I get are various excuses why he shouldn't have to do anything about it - "it's more secure", "it looks netter", "I spent £360 doing that and I will have wasted my money if I remove it", "you don't use it", etc., etc. and has no intention of doing anything about it.
I haven't lived in the property long, and always tend to use the "green" route for access as usually I am in my car. But I still want to have the facility to use this access if necessary, and it's stated in the land registry documents that I have this right.
So what can I do? Can I remove the concrete wall myself and replace the bolts/padlocks on the front gate with a keyed lock, or do I have to go down the legal (i.e. expensive) route? Are there other options?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
I have 2 rights of access across other peoples land to my property (red on the plan). These are the only 2 ways to my property; one is vehicular access (green on plan) and the other is pedestrian only (blue on plan). The pedestrian acces is down the side of a disused shop (the building between the green & blue lines).
The gates for this pedestrian access were falling apart so the owner of the shop has undertaken some repairs. He has put a new wooden gate at the front of the access route, where it borders the street, which is bolted and padlocked from the inside so I cannot now get through it. Worse still is that at the rear of the shop he has replaced the old wooden gate with a concrete panelled wall.
I have spoken to the shop owner and all I get are various excuses why he shouldn't have to do anything about it - "it's more secure", "it looks netter", "I spent £360 doing that and I will have wasted my money if I remove it", "you don't use it", etc., etc. and has no intention of doing anything about it.
I haven't lived in the property long, and always tend to use the "green" route for access as usually I am in my car. But I still want to have the facility to use this access if necessary, and it's stated in the land registry documents that I have this right.
So what can I do? Can I remove the concrete wall myself and replace the bolts/padlocks on the front gate with a keyed lock, or do I have to go down the legal (i.e. expensive) route? Are there other options?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
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