Car dumped on private land outside house – WWSTD

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The driveway outside our place is private. Owned by the farm next door.

About a week ago a taxi appeared. And had not disappeared. There is no identification or phone number on the taxi, just the taxi registration plate.

Is not blocking access but is taking up a parking space which all the houses can use.

What are our options?

Police?
Tractor?
Bombers?

Asked the neighbours if they know who’s it is?

Check if it has tax and MOT, if not report to DVLA, but if it isn’t your land, not much you can do?

Angle grinder with cutting disc.

Recycling blue bin.

A month.

Job jobbed.

less flippant reply: check it here . Then potentially notify the police on 101. If it’s private land, but there is access to the public I think it’s still technically the public highway. You have asked the farmer haven’t you?

Sausages, hammer, bonnet.

If its on private land it doesn’t need tax or MOT.
Ask around the neighbours, might be a restoration project they’ve bought.

Report it to the police as abandoned, especially if there is any obvious damage like a broken window or flat tyres, which would commonly indicate its nicked and dumped.

The driveway outside our place is private. Owned by the farm next door.

Also muck spreaders can make an awful lot of mess, cows like to rub against wing mirrors and things. A farm is a very dangerous place to leave a vehicle.

Is there a smell and a lot of flies near the boot?

Sausages, hammer, bonnet.

is that the same as: prawns, air vents, chop sticks?

I get this outside my garage as it is a large forecourt. Check for tax and MOT online, if it is out of date then it gets a large “ABANDONED UNTAXED VEHICLE 28 DAY NOTICE BEFORE REMOVAL” notice on it, gaffa taped to the windscreen. Happened a few times and they have gone pretty quickly after the note. If nothing happens then find a scrapyard to take it away after the notice period. Not had to do this yet, but you do need to be careful of the legalities and take reasonable measures to contact the owner. If it is taxed and insured and they are just using it as free parking then leave a note and hope.

You could report it to the licensing officer at the local council and they could then contact the taxi firm…

What has the landowner said?

Contact the council licensing crew.

Maybe the owner went for a walk but can’t get back because the farmer ploughed the fields?

Drain the fuel out of it. This will prevent thieves from going back and using it for further crimes.

Store the fuel in the shed, if nobody claims it, and you need not tel anyone you have it anyway, then it is legallish yours 😀

What are our options?

To do what? It’s someone else’s land. What does the farmer have to say about it, do you know it’s not theirs?

Torch it, whoever runs out screaming ‘my car!’ – will help you identify the owner…..

Is it blue?

None of the neighbours would buy a seven seater taxi for a resto project. Its not the farmers. They own tractors, combines and a landy. Seat alhambra not their style.

Council licensing sounds good, wasn’t on our radar, so ty for that one.

We want it removed, sorry for not being obvious. The driveway is one of those historical use precedents things and we have right of way access, but Joe bloggs has no right of anything on the land, leaving it there involved trespass and an amount of piss take, as nobody was asked permission. Plenty of laybyes nearby which would have done just fine.

Is the meter running?
Could be someone’s asked them to wait a bit.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/abandoned-vehicles-council-responsibilities
Job for the local council, even on private land

We want it removed, sorry for not being obvious. The driveway is one of those historical use precedents things and we have right of way access, but Joe bloggs has no right of anything on the land, leaving it there involved trespass and an amount of piss take, as nobody was asked permission

This may be true, and I don’t doubt that it’s annoying, but unless it’s actually blocking access then surely it’s still the landowner’s problem to resolve rather than yours?

We want it removed, sorry for not being obvious. The driveway is one of those historical use precedents things and we have right of way access, but Joe bloggs has no right of anything on the land, leaving it there involved trespass and an amount of piss take, as nobody was asked permission

This may be true, and I don’t doubt that it’s annoying, but unless it’s actually blocking access then surely it’s still the landowner’s problem to resolve rather than yours? They report it to the council, the council can check legality with the DVLA.

I’d just mind my own business and get on with my life.

I’d still be asking the land owner they may well know it’s there and the reason why.

I think enough people have said ask the farmer so I’m going to suggest camouflaging it to be less of an eyesore. Sensible and pragmatic I feel.

Are there chickens in it?

Call a local scrap merchant and get them to tow it away. To avoid detection, seeing as you don’t own it, use a regional accent… apparently most people trust those with a scouse accent so pretend you’re Joey from Bread then you’re allowed to say “Greetings. I have a vehicle that needs to be removed from xyz.”

Think outside the box. You’ve got a license to print money here, literally. Put the taxi ID plate on your car, park up at the nearest nightclub and have at it.

Now, if it ws leaking some noxious fluid it would have to be dealt with smartly by some authority or other. It might ven be dangerous or explosive. 🙂

Is it this taxi?

Maybe the owner went for a walk but can’t get back because the farmer ploughed the fields?

👏

Have you actually checked with the neighbours or just assumed it doesn’t belong to one of them? My neighbours occasionally do mad things I wouldn’t think they would.

Thanks to all who had sensible suggestions.

The land owner needs to do the work, as it’s trespass..

land owner options.. abating a nuisance

https://news.sky.com/story/farmer-cleared-by-court-after-using-forklift-tractor-to-flip-car-off-his-land-12532833

Think outside the box. You’ve got a license to print money here, literally. Put the taxi ID plate on your car, park up at the nearest nightclub and have at it.

What a ridiculous suggestion.

Why should OP put all that wear and tear on their own car when there’s a perfectly good Seat Alhambra ready to go?

perfectly good Seat Alhambra

Not a combination of words I ever thought I’d hear