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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Technically any street parking can be said to be illegal, but that offence has long gone out of use.
Parking with any part of the vehicle on the footpath certainly breaches several laws. First it is illegal to drive on the path except to cross it to gain access to a driveway etc. It is also causing an unnecessary obstruction to people who have the temerity to use the footpath for walking on. I do not know the current maximum fines, but they are high.
It is also useful to consider the possibilities. The danger to pedestrians is obvious enough, particularly if they are pushing babies, using wheelchairs or are blind. Because the footpath is only built to take the weight of people walking, this practice causes damage, which in turn can damage underground services like gas mains. About 30 years ago, 2 incidents happened, only the first of which I saw with my own eyes. Vehicles had damaged the path so much that flames from a gas main were about two feet high and 150 yards long. The other was a vehicle that was parked on a footpath and fell into a cellar.
Your neighbour would be better advised to report the matter to the police than to leave notes on your car.
You can't do anything about him not using his driveway.
Wait til he moves his motorhome, then before he gets a chance to put his car there, park your car there. He can't be in two vehicles at once. He will obviously see you do this but he seems a bit of a t*** anyway so I wouldn't worry.
You could always let his car tyres down when he goes away in his motorhome! (just kidding, not advising you to commit a crime at all !!!)
I think your neighbour's parking of his motorhome on the public highway may be questionable as the highway is intended for the free movement of road users. 'Conventional' parking is usually tolerated by us all, including the enforcement agencies, but the question of legality usually hinges on the interpretation of 'reasonableness'. If you can show that your neighbour, in parking his motorhome for such a length of time is committing an 'obstruction' of the highway then may be you have a point.
Trouble is no-one is really going to be interested in your finer interpretation of the law, including the police who turn a blind eye as theory and practice are two different matters.