can i put up a parking bollard on the pavement outside my house?

Question

My house fronts directly onto the pavement, I have a problem with a multi occupancy house next door with multiple vehicles. They continuously park on the pavement (right outside the window of my living room) despite it being double yellow lines and illegal to do so. The problems they cause are constant noise form slamming doors, loud radios, revving engines etc and often they obstruct my only entrance by parking right in front of it.

I have complained to my local council but (as this happens in the evenings and weekends) they seem powerless to stop them as traffic wardens arnt around at those times (and even if they are they just nip out and move it)

I've asked nicely for them not to park there and put signs up saying no parking but the problem persists.

So, can I legally install a fold down, lockable bollard on the pavement to stop them?

Thanks

Answer 1

No, but you can request that the council do.

Have you thought about raising your concerns to the Fire Service? If you can get them on side by raising an access concern(Double Yellow Lines usually protect access routes) the council will take them more seriously than they will an individual householder.

Answer 2

You can try putting some plastic road cones up but you can't fit permanent bollards or structures on the public pavement.



Parking on double yellow lines first started to be decriminalised nearly 20 years ago and is not enforced by police in a large number of boroughs and counties these dyas, so the local authority are the people who should be enforcing this. However driving on the pavement and obstruction offences could be dealt with by police.



Formally request that the council erect some bollards in the interest of road and pedestrian safety and secondly the fact the illegal parking is diminishing your quality of life.

Answer 3

No Parking Bollards

Answer 4

Complain to the Police that they are blocking the pavement. That is an offense as is crossing the pavement not at a dropped kerb. Having the Police rattle their door and ticket or tow away the cars is the most effective deterrent.

No you cannot legally install a bollard but you can complain to your councilors and get them to get the council to install bollards. They have round us.

Answer 5

Did you mean a permanent bollard? I would say no as if someone walked into it you would be liable for injury, If it was a moveable bollard/cone then you could but they would be perfectly within their right to move it.

I working a supported housing and all staff have cars, we have 3 houses together and rarely get parked outside or even near them. The joker next door to said houses tries to put a cone outside his house to stop people parking there, I move it as someone else is parked outside all three of our houses.

It is annoying but parking is a problem these days

Answer 6

No, but they are committing a number of offences, it's illegal to park on the pavement and on double yellow lines so you need to call the Police not the Council.

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Answer 8

Start letting down some tires, that'll sort it quicker than any letter to the council.

Answer 9

Have you tried the ASB team at the Council?