We live in a pleasant and quiet cul-de-sac of terraced houses next to a lovely park. Recently a man who runs burger stands and mobile hot food vans has moved in, and he leaves these parked outside people’s houses for days on end, and refuses to move them. Is there anything we can do about it?
A complaint to the local authority planning officials may produce results if you tell them that the house is being used for business purposes. If your neighbour denies using the property for business, the planners ought to be able to encourage him to move his vans. Unless he does, there must be a presumption that the house is being used for business purposes, which may result in enforcement proceedings to stop it.