Hi I know what you are saying but we wanted to avoid that kind of situation if possible as it may heat things up and a couple of us are single women on our own so not really keen on what could become aggressive exchanges between residents/allotment holders. Those kind of situations can cause sleepless nights and a lot of stress. Not really sure what the answer is as I guess calling the police is not going to be liked but an official police officer may be all it needs to instill some sense into them. Maybe the council might have some authority re blocking public highway or even preventing access for emergency service, maybe I should ring and enquire if they can help. Its made more difficult because the rd is private and the allotment is private,

As this was 30 years ago and the use of cars then was significantly less I would have thought we might have an issue they wud address, also if the market garden was only a single allotment (though i am not certain about this) and not 16 but seems the council are not interested. Any other ports of call other than the police when it happens again. Thank you

There has been no planning application.

Thank you for your reply. I have been told that 30 odd years ago it used to be allotments (and apparantly some locals substantiate this) or I think the term used was market garden (though i doubt very much there were 16 and think possibly it was just one big allotment, though cannot say for sure) and they are just reinstating them. Do they still need to apply for change of use if this was the case ? It has been overgrown for the entire time i have lived here 14 years. It really is becoming a nightmare 16 allotments accessed by turning from a lane onto a rd which you cannot go into or out of without one car reversing then the allotments themselves are accessed off this rd which is the private rd I live on. They were denied permission several times for building on the land due to access problems but it seems they can just reinstate an allotments/market garden without even any consultation with residents, because no one on my rd was consulted. Thank you

Hi Thank you. I put a polite friendly temporary laminated notice up just asking allotment holders to refrain from blocking access for residents and stating access was required at all times and its been taken down. Two sundays ago 2 cars parked side by side on the opposite end to me and neither myself nor my neighbour could get in. In fact the way they parked no one could get in or out. Last sunday we could not get out because a van and a pick up parked down the rd blocking the way. I have always thought speaking directly to the people and being polite and freindly along with appealing to the better side of them is the best way forward but sadly this nicely nicely approach is not working. Really no one should park down there at all and they should certainly not be parking in such a way to block access totally. Other times they park so close to my neighbours vehicles they are afraid one day of getting their cars bumped/scratched. Sometimes i get through by "the skin of my teeth" which again is not acceptable really.

I live on a private rd where there are 8 houses and I am at the end. There is a right of way for residents across the private rd so they can access their properties but recently a chunk of farmland which is opposite the row of houses has been changed into allottments. The allotment is privately owned and not a council run allotment. The constant blocking of access is causing severe problems for residents on the private rd because allotment holders are parking their vehicles on the private access rd. This means either we are blocked in or blocked out of our drives on a regular basis. Despite talking to allotment holders and the allotment owner problems persist. (the allotment holder owns part of the private rd but there is a right of way across this rd) If there was an emergency then emergency services would not get past. Is it against the law to block a persons access (ie to block my access out of the private rd onto the public highway ? Is it against the law to block my way in to my drive from the public highway onto the private rd ? Is it against the law to block access for emergency service (i know its stated cars should not block access for emergency services in the highway code) Its becoming really very upsetting and as we thought a simple friendly word or 2 would stop it happening but sadly this has not worked. Any ideas on a sensible way forward. No one wants a war, we just want to beable to access our properties and feel secure if an emergency were to occur. I am starting to think of calling the police next time it happens but do not really want a "them and us situation" with the allotment holders/owner. Its just not nice, when there is no need for it. A bit of consideration is all that is needed. Thank you