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My wife and I live in a no through cul de sac and both park in one side of the end hammerhead section, on the road in front of our drive. We’ve parked like this for over 20 years continuously
We are looking to claim a right to park there on the road as we like via the Prescription Act. Can and how do we do this?
We want to make it more official as neighbours have been complaining that we are actually blocking a turning area and impeding a transferable easement which allows them a right of way over the whole road inc the turning area, but vehicles can still turn round okay. The odd one takes a few goes or reverses down the road. No one has complained before.
Looking at Land Registry the road is still in the name of a private company, the original developers I think, and has been since the sixties. These developers went into liquidation last year and no other owner had been assigned
However, also for the last 20 years and we think for a while before that, the road has always been maintained by the local council/highways authority/parish council . So public money pays for road re surfacing, a grit bin for the road, a road sweeper comes up here to clean kerbs, a lamp post and its maintenance and upgrades and the road name is on signs provided I’m guessing by the local authority- the signs are the standard type we see all over the U.K.. The council and Parish council seem to have jurisdiction e.g. a number of residents have been written to or spoken to about things like branches from gardens hanging over and impeding the pavement, issues regarding this road have also appeared on Parish Council meeting agendas.
can anyone advise please?
We are looking to claim a right to park there on the road as we like via the Prescription Act. Can and how do we do this?
We want to make it more official as neighbours have been complaining that we are actually blocking a turning area and impeding a transferable easement which allows them a right of way over the whole road inc the turning area, but vehicles can still turn round okay. The odd one takes a few goes or reverses down the road. No one has complained before.
Looking at Land Registry the road is still in the name of a private company, the original developers I think, and has been since the sixties. These developers went into liquidation last year and no other owner had been assigned
However, also for the last 20 years and we think for a while before that, the road has always been maintained by the local council/highways authority/parish council . So public money pays for road re surfacing, a grit bin for the road, a road sweeper comes up here to clean kerbs, a lamp post and its maintenance and upgrades and the road name is on signs provided I’m guessing by the local authority- the signs are the standard type we see all over the U.K.. The council and Parish council seem to have jurisdiction e.g. a number of residents have been written to or spoken to about things like branches from gardens hanging over and impeding the pavement, issues regarding this road have also appeared on Parish Council meeting agendas.
can anyone advise please?
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