Neighbors Caravan Parking

tacabar | 12:33 Thu 06th Nov 2014 | Law

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my next door neighbor parks his caravan on his drive and blocks the light from my lounge window, it only moves once or twice a year and is a constant problem what legal rights do i have

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janbee

I would ask my local council and/or citizens advice bureau. I think you have rights where light or lack thereof, is concerned.

2sp_

Try this site, it might be of some help -

http://www.right-of-light.co.uk/factsheet3.php

jackthehat

There are some residential areas/estates where there are resritictive covenants in place regarding caravans, etc.
Check your own deeds in the first instance. If there is such a covenant, contact a solicitor for advice.

buildersmate

As Jack says, many residential estates built since the 1970s (I.e. when the growth exponential growth in mobile touring caravan ownership started) will have covenant as part of the land registry title that prevents this sort of thing being dumped on the driveway. This will have been a condition on granting planning consent by the local authority on the developer, who is then obliged to transfer the restriction onto the original purchaser. It then gets transferred on.
The trouble is the original developer is not interested in enforcing the original covenent, but the local authority may be interested.
If you and your neighbour have no such restriction, I doubt you can do anything. The right to light cannot apply to a temporary structure, which this effectively.
You can try for a second opinion from CAB, but in most cases my knowledge of this sort of thing equals CAB.

TWR

Tacabar, It is unwise to go the Council way before having a chat with your neighbour, I would go and see them, invite them in to see the Light Issue, too many people cause a lot of tension between neighbours without first talking about it, you have to live there don't forget.