Wonder how our cash strapped council would fund a registration program. Or pay for the raising of curbs. You might as well then start introducing CPZ in the area and charge all households for parking. And charge households with multiple cars extra.
The fact is there is no shortage at least of on street parking on Sunderland Road at any time of the day. If any of our neighbours needed additional parking space for guests, and we weren’t using it, we’d happily lend them ours. We’re neighbourly that way. Parking in front of someone’s off street parking is not.
Ditto as mine was tongue in cheek as well. We had an issue with next door having taken the fence down and parking over a raised curb. We complained but they were the lot that ended up inside so at least that problem went away.
There would be fewer excuses for blocking the road with bins, if the Borough Councils in London were more helpful reserving spaces when needed. Currently Lewisham and other Councils will only reserve a parking area e.g. for removals, if the road is in a Controlled Parking Zone. So residents in this case may have no choice but to use bins, planks, cones etc
It seems wrong to me that someone moving house has the additional stress of trying to block off a space for a removals lorry. The Council makes an exception for their own works, e.g. tree surgeons, but the ordinary resident is not helped. The fee is high if you’re in a CPZ and need a bay blocked off, feels like a tax on moving house, which is already very expensive without this additional punitive fee from the Council.
Regular offenders - well I would favour them being charged with obstructing the Highway.
The lovely people opposite us do put their bins in the road, but the elderly mother is only just getting on her feet, so they put them there to get her in the car quickly. To be honest our roads & Grierson Road are normally full with people parking before they go to the station, so can’t say I blame them!
As I found out when we moved, you may reserve a space outside your house for removals, the council will put up a notice but is powerless to stop people parking there. All they can do is fine them hence we had to resort to putting bins out the night before the removals vans arrived with polite notices asking people not to park there. They still did.
Thats a positive change. They offered nothing when we moved in early 2016. As noted it was a final bit of unneeded stress. Fortunately not a problem on the day. No bins needed.
Curious. I wonder why Lewisham doesn’t tow illegally parked vehicles? It happens in other Boroughs on a daily basis. Do you have the energy to follow up and report back to us?
Yes, Lewisham explicitly say they won’t empty recycling or green waste bins if there are black bags in them. This is because the bag might hide inappropriate items. Someone has been very cheeky indeed. If you want that bin emptied, you’ll have to empty the bag. And maybe tape a note to the bin saying you have CCTV set up to catch anyone doing it again.
