Car Parking

[ygolohcysp]

I live in a cul-de-sac, where everyone has their 'favourite' parking spaces either on the road or off it.

There is a car park of sorts, which is basically a gravelled bit of land where there are no marked out spaces by the council. Recently, many residents are 'claiming' spaces by putting up bits of paper saying 'Reserved fo number x'. They come running out of their houses if you dare put a tyre in 'their' space and say they have reserved it. I can imagine that this practice isn't legal, and their signs mean nothing at all in the eyes of the law, but I was wondering what legislation/law could back me up on this if someone wants to come careering out their house again screetching like a banshee...

[RATTER15]

Just ask to to look at their deeds, it will be clearly marked if in fact they do own it!!

You can also get a copy of their deeds for a small fee at your local town hall.

[Gmcd01]

It's a good point by RATTER15, but be careful, the courts will not take an OS map or deeds as final evidence of what people are entitled to. Of course, from what you say, nobody in the housing area owns the gravelled area and so no, nobody has a claim to any part of it as it is council owned. There is an equitable principle in law that if you have good moral grounds for claiming land, you can be awarded proprietary possession. Howvever, this is VERY unlikely to even be considered. It would more be a case of 'If you think you have a claim, YOU prove it!' They won't be able to, of course...

[themas]

If the Council owns the "car park" you could talk to them about it. Any rules and regulations about its use are a matter for them.

[flyciderman]

I think Ratter15 means the local land registry as the council do not hold copies of deeds.

[RATTER15]

flyciderman, of course you are correct, thanks for pointing that out.