Parking Issues

[jw47]

Can anyone please advise how untaxed and No MOT Cars can be removed from a Public Parking area. I have tried notifying Police, Operation Crackdown and local Council but to no avail. In fact one car has ben up on Jack's, no wheels and according to DVLA no Tax or MOT since Sept 2021 and the latest to turn up looks like it has already been scrapped because number plate has
tape over it. But I was able to read it and Tax and MOT on this ,expired Sept 2022.

[bednobs]

what do you mean by "public parking area"? roadside?

[barry1010]

If it is a private car park the police won't do anything, not will the council. The site owner will have to apply to the DVLA, pay a small fee, for the Registered Keepers details, write a letter stating the vehicle will have to be moved within 28 days.
If no response arrange a scrapper to collect

[jw47]

No it isn't private parking it's general parking areas at the back of our houses, all our back gates open on to it

[Redhelen72]

who owns the land the car is parked on?

[bednobs]

it's difficult to envisage - are you sure it's public parking and not owned by the houses?

[barry1010]

It is residents parking, not part of the public highway so it is up to the residents (or housing association/whoever owns the land) to deal with it.

[jw47]

Council responsibility

[barry1010]

Get on to your MP if it is council property and the council is refusing to deal with it. Tell the MP you have seen youths messing with the cars and you fear they will set fire to them

[bednobs]

do you know who it belongs to? i can see why council isnt interested

[Buenchico]

Contact your local councillor and point out that, under the provisions of Section 3 of the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978, the council has a duty to remove the vehicles but, despite your representations to them so far, the council has failed to discharge that duty, as required by law.

Legislation:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/3/crossheading/abandoned-vehicles-and-other-refuse/2004-07-13

Local authority responsibilities, as stated by DEFRA:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/abandoned-vehicles-council-responsibilities

[jw47]

Have just heard back from Operation Crackdown. Apparently the car is not abandoned but parked at this location and the matter is now closed. The car is still not Taxed according to DVLA website, so I shall keep an eye it. Its been there since Christmas with a ç over over it. Most annoying g when you cant find anywhere to park.

[barry1010]

Is the car showing as SORN?

[Maydup]

This is definitely one for the local councillor. Go to your Council website and they will be listed with their contact details.

[jw47]

Yes it now has a SORN notification on DVLA website but I thought this meant cars should be parked off road, ie private parking not on public highway

[barry1010]

If it's in a resident parking area it is not the public highway.

[barry1010]

And SORN vehicles don't need a MOT as they can't be on the public highway

[barry1010]

This council states that council owned carparks are not public highways https://www.tamworth.gov.uk/car-parks