My wife has recently taken over a shop and we are getting hassled by the Restaurant next door. We know we don’t have official parking, only right of way, but are pretty sure it is the same situation for them.

The restaurant owner is claiming he owns several surrounding buildings, but it all sounds very fishy and we believe he is just trying it on. How do we find out who really owns the land?

I need to find out asap, before it gets any more nasty.

Thanks in advance.

Conveyancing solicitor ?

Or learn how to do searches yourself (land registry)

http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/public/online-services

landregistry.co.uk

wifes landlord,

local council

you may need to use companies house if land too if land is not in private ownership to see who directors of co’s are.

Does she own the shop or rent it? Sounds a bit like you’re chancing on parking on land when you dont have a right to and might have met another chancer. Not being critical, just saying…

konabunny, that seems to be about the size of it, but if they can park there so can we. If they are not legally allowed to park there either you would expect to have a gentleman’s agreement. Oh and the shop is rented, but one minute the guy is claiming to own half the street, then he slips up by mentioning his landlord.

Thanks all, just checking the land registry now.

Does the restaurant have a little chinese chef who walks around with big carving knives in his hands?
if so then the restaurant guy owns the land.

No, just a bunch of slimey little men who are happy to shout at women, but go a bit quiet when a man shows up.

Just tell him to prove it, or FRO…

Probably as you suspect, doesn’t belong to either, so you both have a right to not park there.
We do a similar thing directly outside our store, claim we own a parking area between the shop front and the pavement and have signs up threatening a £60 fine (altho we’ve never used it), when in fact it’s probs owned by the county council (altho they’ve denied it in the past when we did have a problem).

He came into our shop waving paper around which didn’t prove anything.