There have been caravans parked in my village at the front of houses on driveways for years one at least for 22 years, is it leagle to do so? Our's only afects us from our front window, it blocks no other view, others would have to make an efort to see is, but one of our nabours dosen't like it. Where do we stand? Thanks, Paul
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you will have to look at you contracts etc and possibly the deeds to your house, the only think stopping you will be any covenants that govern your road.
to do with the building line not having anything park in front of the building line, i cant see yours being a problem, but one suggestion is keep your van clean, if it starts to look like a creature from the black lagoon people will get annoyed.
to do with the building line not having anything park in front of the building line, i cant see yours being a problem, but one suggestion is keep your van clean, if it starts to look like a creature from the black lagoon people will get annoyed.
hello paul, why doesnt he like it have you asked him. ours is down at the bottom of our long drive, if we didnt have a high fence between us and our neighbours they would be looking at our van. but they are caravanners anyway theirs is sited. my brother isnt allowed to park a van on his new build property and this was pointed out to him. id be tempted to find out why he doesnt like it, then contact the appropriate people to find out legally where you stand, and if its in your favour then he will have to put up with it. or maybe he wants one, but the wife wont let him. regards ED
Developers did and continue to put restrictive covenants on new builds; such as no caravans, no commercial vehicles etc. Their underlying objective is usually to ensure the development looks "good" and nothing untidy inhibits the sale of the final builds.
Where these type of covenants exist it's between the developer and the house purchaser; no one else can enforce it. So if the developer is long gone then there is no one to stop you.
However getting on with a neighbour is always best if you can work something out together but some are beyond reason. ( don't I know!)
Where these type of covenants exist it's between the developer and the house purchaser; no one else can enforce it. So if the developer is long gone then there is no one to stop you.
However getting on with a neighbour is always best if you can work something out together but some are beyond reason. ( don't I know!)
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We live on a new build development by a major builder, our previous home was also new build by another major builder with the same convenant, it basically says we cannot store our caravan outside the house for the reasons earlier mentioned. We keep/ store our caravan on a secure storage site. We do bring it home to clean and pack, sometimes its on our drive for a few days. Our neighbours past and present do the same. We have had our caravan on our drive opposite the showhouse car park in the past. Some of our neighbours, who moved in after us said it helped as they saw people with similar interests - camping and caravanning!! We have also had chats with builders working on site about caravans etc all positive.
For security reasons both home and caravan we store our caravan on a secure COASSOA site, my brother does the same and he doesn't have a covenant.
In your situation check your contact regarding the house.Not sure if this helps
Annette
We live on a new build development by a major builder, our previous home was also new build by another major builder with the same convenant, it basically says we cannot store our caravan outside the house for the reasons earlier mentioned. We keep/ store our caravan on a secure storage site. We do bring it home to clean and pack, sometimes its on our drive for a few days. Our neighbours past and present do the same. We have had our caravan on our drive opposite the showhouse car park in the past. Some of our neighbours, who moved in after us said it helped as they saw people with similar interests - camping and caravanning!! We have also had chats with builders working on site about caravans etc all positive.
For security reasons both home and caravan we store our caravan on a secure COASSOA site, my brother does the same and he doesn't have a covenant.
In your situation check your contact regarding the house.Not sure if this helps
Annette
As previously stated the only restriction on parking a caravan on your drive is if there is a covenant written into the deads of the property preventing this. If the ground landlord who developed the site is now history there is very little that can be done to restrict you from parking the van there.
The council cannot enforce any action on you under Town & Country Planning if you are purely storing the van and not using it as additional living accommodation to your house. It is acceptable if the van is used occassionally to house visitors whilst they are holidaying with you for a few weeks but not full time occupation.
I live at the end of a cul-de-sac and my van is winter stored on the drive - during the summer it is sited. There are only two neighbours who can see it and they are both friendly and have no objection to it at all.
The council cannot enforce any action on you under Town & Country Planning if you are purely storing the van and not using it as additional living accommodation to your house. It is acceptable if the van is used occassionally to house visitors whilst they are holidaying with you for a few weeks but not full time occupation.
I live at the end of a cul-de-sac and my van is winter stored on the drive - during the summer it is sited. There are only two neighbours who can see it and they are both friendly and have no objection to it at all.
If there's a covenant and its already been broken by somebody else, they have set a priority. If the Caravan doesn't cut light from the neighbours or block an amazing view I would ignore them. They're just not worth bothering about.
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It is foolhardy to assume that because others keep their caravans on their drives that any covenant on your property will be null and void.
The covenant is in your contract for your house, and the owner of the covenant could decide to pursue just one householder and not your neighbour!
The covenant is in your contract for your house, and the owner of the covenant could decide to pursue just one householder and not your neighbour!
Your home is yout castle. If the developer has ignored people breaking the covenant for some period of time they would be very foolish to pick on the newest party doing so.
By the time they run up a legal bills and you give them the run around if they actually get anywhere near court action. You move the caravan for a short while and then they have to start again if and when you put it back.
Having tried to get action over covenants a few times our legal team told us we we would be wasting money and a lot of time and money.
The law will normally side with local presidence as well we've also been told. After an initial development has all been sold a few years down the line any one will be lucky to make a covenant stick!
By the time they run up a legal bills and you give them the run around if they actually get anywhere near court action. You move the caravan for a short while and then they have to start again if and when you put it back.
Having tried to get action over covenants a few times our legal team told us we we would be wasting money and a lot of time and money.
The law will normally side with local presidence as well we've also been told. After an initial development has all been sold a few years down the line any one will be lucky to make a covenant stick!
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