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Is it legal to park a vehicle that is declared as off the road (currently on my drive) on an unadopted road or am I likely to face fines. I could do with my drive back!!

 

It depends on whether the public have access to the privately-owned road, whether the vehicle is immobilized - that is, is wheels prevented from turning - and whether there is an insurance policy on force relating to the vehicle.

 

Determining whether the public have access is trickier than might be thought; if pedestrians have access, it may be public. But it also depends on whether access is for purposes to do with the owners of the road.

 

This makes sense. Suppose, for example, a farmer owns some land, with a private road leading to a farm shop owned by the farmer. Members of the public visiting the shop will use the road, but I'd say that does not make it public for road law purposes. So you could park an uninsured vehicle there without committing an offence.

 

However, if the private road was used by pedestrians as a short-cut to a shop *not* owned by the farmer, that might be enough to make it public for road law purposes - and so vehicles parked there would need to be insured.

 

I expect you can find lots of cases and appeals on this subject, mainly brought by insurance companies attempting to avoid liability.

 

My understanding is that vehicles parked on a private road would not require a test certificate though ... admittedly I've not tried very hard to try to get to the bottom of that question.

 

I also seem to recall reading that if the vehicle were immobilised such that is impossible for the wheels to turn, insurance is not required if it is on a private road even if the public have access.

 

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Is it legal to park a vehicle that is declared as off the road (currently on my drive) on an unadopted road or am I likely to face fines. I could do with my drive back!!

 

Whether the road is adopted or not is irrelevant.

 

You may not place a vehicle under SORN on the Public Highway. Who actually owns the highway is immaterial.

 

You can check with the Highway Authority (County Council or Unitary Authority) to see if you unadopted road is actually public hughway. If they confirm that it is not, then you may park the vehicle there under SORN rules

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An unadopted road is exactly that......

 

Unadopted by the Highway Authority, so it is NOT a public highway.

 

My house in Wales is on an unadopted road, I have two SORN'd vehicles parked on this road, and the local Police have told me that there is no requirement for any Tax, MOT, or Insurance. PLUS, they say that the vehicles do not have to be immobilised, they also say I can even drive them along the road perfectly legally as long as I don't drive onto the PUBLIC highway at the end of the village.

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An unadopted road is exactly that......

 

Unadopted by the Highway Authority, so it is NOT a public highway.

 

 

No. If the road does not meet the minimum standards set by the local authority, they will not adopt it even if it is a public highway.

 

But if the public have unhindered access - eg if there is a public footpath along the road - then it is a public highway even if it is unadopted.

 

Actually, there's a thread on this site about this, titled "Tickets on an unadopted road".

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/parking-traffic-wardens/22054-tickets-unadopted-road.html#post171838

 

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But if the public have unhindered access - eg if there is a public footpath along the road - then it is a public highway even if it is unadopted.

 

 

Not necessarily. I live opposite a 'service road' to a primary school. It's tarmacced, pavements on each side and street lighting and has public access. The road is owned by the Education Dept of the local council, who maintain it, yet it is unadopted and not part of the public highway (I've written confirmation)

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If you look at the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 you will see that it makes mention of "public roads". If you then look at s. 62 it tells you what is a public road, namely "in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, means a road which is repairable at the public expense".

 

So the best bet is to contact your local highways authority and check to see whether the road is maintainable at public expense.

 

You do still need insurance though.

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My neighbour has SORN his car, but still uses it on the public road every day. It is almost three years since he last bought a tax disc. In fact, at the moment he has six cars parked in front of his house. The road, however, is unadopted, so he gets away with it. He calls himself a trader, but he never sells any of the cars - just drives them around. It is like living on a garage forecourt. :-x

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My neighbour has SORN his car, but still uses it on the public road every day. It is almost three years since he last bought a tax disc. In fact, at the moment he has six cars parked in front of his house. The road, however, is unadopted, so he gets away with it. He calls himself a trader, but he never sells any of the cars - just drives them around. It is like living on a garage forecourt. :-x

 

Then why don't you report him? I WOULD!!

 

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Already reported him three times to dvla, nothing has happened as yet. Thanks anyway for the advice.

 

Nothing will happen as the vehicles are legally parked off road as far as SORN is concerned. The DVLA or their agents NSL will not bother taking action which probably surveilance and require a RIPA authorisation to catch him using an untaxed vehicle on a public highway maintained at the public expense it is not worth the man hours or expense when there is easier prey for them to target.

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Nothing will happen as the vehicles are legally parked off road as far as SORN is concerned. The DVLA or their agents NSL will not bother taking action which probably surveilance and require a RIPA authorisation to catch him using an untaxed vehicle on a public highway maintained at the public expense it is not worth the man hours or expense when there is easier prey for them to target.

 

Did you not read his post properly? He said the car is SORNd but being used every day on a public road!

 

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As pointed out above by POCA, the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 defines a 'public road' - but that is for VED (road tax) purposes.

 

Does the same definition apply for SORN?

 

What/where is the SORN legislation?

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Just wish i could get ripa authorisation, :-x. Only today, low and behold yet another car is parked in front untaxed, just how big a fish do you have to be ???:cool:. Lets all just sorn are cars and drive them around then.:!:

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Just wish i could get ripa authorisation, :-x. Only today, low and behold yet another car is parked in front untaxed, just how big a fish do you have to be ???:cool:. Lets all just sorn are cars and drive them around then.:!:

 

The DLVA do not as far as I am aware have the power to stop vehicles so even if they did stake out the location in the hope of catching him going on to the road all they could do is watch him drive away like you do. If you consider how many SORN vehicles there are it would not be possible to try and catch them used on the road they rely on spotting them parked or being stopped in random spot checks.

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