Oakhurst grove white van man

[Jey87]

Hi folks , does anyone else in the area get bothered by the man with the white van that leaves it parked With the engine on every day ( on oakhurst grove) ?

He pulls up several times a day to drop off or pick up bikes and radiators from a house on the road and always leaves his engine running ( almost shaking my bedroom ) . He often spends over an hour hanging about the van with it running so can add upto 3-4 hrs of noise a day . Including well past midnight last night .

I'm self employed so regularly work from home so I guess I would notice it more on the week .

Does it annoy anyone else? , am I in a position to complain to anyone as he dosent seem to care as not a resident .

Cheers folks

Jey

[Peckhampam]

You are in a position to complain as it is illegal

"You MUST NOT leave a parked vehicle unattended with the engine running or leave a vehicle engine running unnecessarily while that vehicle is stationary on a public road. Generally, if the vehicle is stationary and is likely to remain so for more than a couple of minutes, you should apply the parking brake and switch off the engine to reduce emissions and noise pollution. However it is permissible to leave the engine running if the vehicle is stationary in traffic or for diagnosing faults."

[Law CUR regs 98 & 107]

Many councils now enforce the 'stationary idling offence', which was quietly introduced by the Government in 2002.

[phobic3000]

Maybe politely ask him to turn the engine off in future and see what he says? You never know, he might listen...

[Jey87]

Haha unfortunately this has been going on for 4 months at least and when I speak to him , he apologises and explains that his starter motor is broken so he can't turn it off . Asked again today , but he'll be back to the same old tomorrow again I'm sure .

May have to do a little grumpy council letter , he was on the street outside the flat today for at least 4 hrs following last nights late antics . Not brilliant neighbourly actions eh ? :/

[phobic3000]

Oh - I didn't realise you'd already spoke to him. Yeah he sounds like a dick.

Good luck!

[Mcad87]

Hi Jay- so glad I came across this as he has just driven off at the time of writing having been outside for hours. I too often work from home and live on Oakhurst Grove. It's one of the most irritating things and in the hot weather he often parks right outside our flat an the fumes come in trough the window. I'm going to give the council a call and would advise you do the same if you haven't already, the more people to call the better surely.

Like you said, it's been going on for months and he can be there anytime from 6am to 2/3am and is always for a few hours at a time.

Matt

[Mcad87]

*sorry Jey!

[JohnL]

You then park on a hill - knew someone that did this all summer ... in 1981

Jey87 Wrote:

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> Haha unfortunately this has been going on for 4

> months at least and when I speak to him , he

> apologises and explains that his starter motor is

> broken so he can't turn it off . Asked again today

> , but he'll be back to the same old tomorrow again

> I'm sure .

>

> May have to do a little grumpy council letter , he

> was on the street outside the flat today for at

> least 4 hrs following last nights late antics .

> Not brilliant neighbourly actions eh ? :/