flywheel Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Hi all, is there any legal limitations to what size or type of vehicle you can keep on your property, ie private driveway, or is it just down to how understanding your nieghbours are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I don't know about statutory requirements but have a look at the deeds of your property - there may be some sort of covenant that restricts what you can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormin Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 As Runflat says check your deeds, especially on newer properties there's far more likely to have been council led restrictions imposed as a condition of planning. A frend of mine wasn't even allowed to park a white van on his drive! If you have an older property it seems there's far less restrictions and if you have a farm you can have all sorts of crap lying around anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz76 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 if you have a farm you can have all sorts of crap lying around anywhere. :rofl: sounds familiar....!:red::red: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 if you have a farm you can have all sorts of crap lying around anywhere. Not if you're in a National Park.:banghead::banghead::banghead: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 (edited) You are likely to fall foul of planning law, which is entirely at the disgression and interprtaion of your local planning officer, They can act at any time, regardless of any "restrictive covenant" that appears in your deeds. If they see anything they take exception too they can act, there does not have to be a complaint from a neighbour, they themselves can initiate action. However they normally do get involved as te result of a complaint. Bear in mind that you can agree your plans with the neighbours, go ahead, and three months down the line a neighbour sells to a grumpy git who immediately reports you to the council, so don't assume happy neighbours is a charter to go ahead. http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?t=14526&page=3 There are no hard and fast rules as to what can be regareded as "incidental to the enjoyment of a property" or as to whether any storage of vehicles on your own land, or any building erected to house them constitutes "a material change of use" It is the council who decides in any particular case whether planning law has been broken and whether they are going to issue "an enforcment notice" If an enforcemnt notice is issued then you can appeal, but my solicitor advised me that it is only very rarely that an enforcement notice is successfully challenged with an appeal. And if an enforcement notice is issued , it is issued aginst the proprty, not the owner, it remains against that property forever, and is as such it is a blight that will affect your ability to sell the property in the future. You need to let your council know what you intend to do before you do it, you can ask for an informal determination as to whether planning permission for "a change of use" would be required before you bring any sizable vehicle, or a number of smaller vehicles onto your own property. Or talk to a solicitor specialising in planning law before you act, because he/she will know your coucil very well, and what their attitude is likely to be if you carry out ceratin actions. Edited October 18, 2009 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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