Do I have the right to stop people parking outside my gate if I own my house?

Answer 1

yes becuase the house is yours why not?

Answer 2

Check your title deeds (they'll be held by your mortgage provider), but I doubt they will extend beyond the boundaries of your property.

If you have a drive way, and there is a lowered pavement, then you have every right to be able to enter and exit your property without obstacle. If people are repeatedly blocking your access then take photos and keep a diary. Present this evidence to your local authority's parking enforcement department and seek their intervention.

If you just want to stop people from parking outside your house because you find ingress and egress difficult through your front gate then this is your bad luck. I would suggest re-hanging your gate, or some other way of opening up your access.

If you just really like parking outside your house... well, don't we all! It's not something you can control. You didn't buy a property with private parking and access so you are in no position to make demands of public parking unless you have a valid reason; i.e. disability.

Answer 3

In the UK, if you have gained permission from the local authorities and have a dropped-kerb or similar access, then that is your right-of-way across the pavement or verge into, and out of, your property, and it is an offence for someone else to block it.

However, if you have not got permission from the local authority to cross the pavement or verge between your property and the road, or have not established the vehicular right-of-way over a large number of years, then you can be prosecuted for crossing the pavement or verge, and anyone is entitled to park there, provided their vehicle has a valid tax disc.

If people are parking on the public road outside your house, but not blocking your access, there is nothing you can do about it, provided their vehicle has a valid tax disc.

If the road outside your house is your own private road, and is not maintained by the local authorities, and no-one else has right-of-way on it, then they should not be there - parked or otherwise.

If it is a private road, but someone else (perhaps the owners of adjacent properties) has right-of-way over it, then they have the right to be there, but others may not - you would need to check the conditions of the right-of-way in the deeds.

Answer 4

Only if it is blocking your access, creating a problem for the emergency services or if it is obstructing something like a zebra crossing or sight of a school entrance, for example. If the car is taxed and the road is a public highway, then there is nothing that you can do.

Perhaps you could speak with the council if it is a regular problem along your road as they may have some traffic calming measures in mind that might also help with the parking situation like a bus route or double yellow lines, but other than that, I think you may be stuck with this one.

Answer 5

If you have a lowered kerb then yes, or if you have a driveway and you are blocked from getting OUT (note not in). Otherwise, you have absolutely no rights. I hope you are not going to be one of those AWFUL people that think they have the right to place traffic cones outside their houses in a bid to stop people parking there. That IS illegal, as the road outside your house is not yours!

Answer 6

If you have a drive the council will paint lines outside but it will cost you quite a bit, worth an enquiry to find out though.

If it's just outside you gate then you have no say who parks where on a normal road.

Answer 7

Not if it is a public highway. You cannot even prevent them blocking your driveway.

However, if the road outside your house is a private road, then you can obtain a court order to stop the practice. However, because it will be a civil, not a criminal, matter, you cannot involve the Police and it will take a matter of months to progress it through the courts

Answer 8

No afraid not. If you have a driveway other vehicles should not park in front to block your exit/entrance. Anyone can park anywhere (except in front of driveways - inconvenient) on any road unless there are parking restrictions.....they must not park on the footpath....it does not matter if it is outside YOUR property...you do not actually own the footpath and road.

Answer 9

If you have a driveway and your kerb is dropped then nobody can block it.

if you have a driveway and your kerb is not dropped then anyone displaying a valid road fund license can park outside your property even if it causes you to be blocked in. I know this cos it happened to me and I took the guy to court for blocking me in .... and LOST!

If you do not have a driveway, then anyone can park outside your house at anytime, because you dont actually own the road.

Answer 10

No, the road is a public road and people pay road taxes to use it. A private road is a different matter, maybe you need to buy a house on a private road. the when anyone parks the car there unauthorized, you can call a tow truck.

Answer 11

Unless the parking outside is your own private property I'm afraid not. It makes me laugh these people that put cones outside their house, they don't own the road and the cones can be legally picked up and thrown back at them.