Hello All,
I apologise since this is strictly not topical here.
There is a neighbour who has a business apparently buying and selling older
cars, N registration etc. He lives in rented accommodation and continually
makes a nuisance of himself in the neighbourhood, by hammering, grinding and
buffing etc. He can be working on several cars at the same time; and parks
several on the road during these repairs; or when waiting for buyers. This
causes congestion in an already congested road. As these cars are have no
road tax, what is the law here?. A further concern is that these vehicles
are probably not insured, they may cause an accident or be set on fire by
yobos, this has happened before in the road causing damage to cars parked
nearby.
I have contacted the local authority some time ago, regarding the noise and
carrying out a business activity in a residential area. They said that there
is nothing that can be done; but if there were sufficient complaints from
neighbours etc.etc. I want to avoid this since it can lead to recrimination,
I have not even spoken to this guy for the same reason.
Anybody got any experience or recommendations on this problem?
Jaymack

ISTR selling over a certain amount of vehicles per year could tweak the
interest of customs and excise, as he probably isn`t paying what he
should in tax...

"John McLean" <jaymack12 (AT) btopenworld (DOT) com> wrote

Selling more than two vehicles a year is regarded as business.

DVLA web site has a facility to report unlicensed cars.

mrcheerful

The message <deigg8$aa6$1 (AT) nwrdmz03 (DOT) dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>
from "John McLean" <jaymack12 (AT) btopenworld (DOT) com> contains these words:

We had trouble with people selling old bangers from the verges round our
area. A call to Trading Standards at first generated no interest, but a
chat with the beat copper and a request from him lead to "Unlicenced
Vehicle" stickers appearing on them all, followed by a visit from the
crane-truck which took 'em all away to the breakers.

Hasn't recurred in anything like the same quantity, just the occasional
one here and there which often get stickered anyway.

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Skipweasel.
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And the word was Aardvark.

"Guy King" <guy.king (AT) zetnet (DOT) co.uk> wrote

..
I reckon all vehicle on a public highway are supposed to have current tax
insurance and an MOT if not then the police or vehicle inspectorate should
be doing something about it. Even if they are SORN they should not be on the
public highway.

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from "Gary Millar" <g.millar (AT) tesco (DOT) net> contains these words:

Yes, we know all that, but it's actually how to get them to do something
about it which is the question.

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Skipweasel.
In the beginning was the word.
And the word was Aardvark.

I *think* the law was changed recently to allow the local council to
clamp/remove untaxed vehicles. Certainly, non-uniformed individuals working
out of local council vans have carried out two purges in the last year
where I live. There has been a police presence both times, but the officer
remained in his car.
There was no mercy - no current tax meant a clamp was fitted immediately,
the vehicle was then removed the same day. It has been very effective in
reducing the number of cars clearly not in use parked on the roads.

Chris

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Remove prejudice to reply

John McLean wrote:
Contact the local plod for the following reasons:

It's legally an obstruction of the highway to carry out ANY repairs on it,
even to change a flat tyre - or even to park a vehicle there
It's a criminal offence to use/park an uninsured vehicle on the public
highway
It's a criminal offence to use/park a vehicle on the public highway without
a current MOT certificate
It's a criminal offence to use/park an unregistered vehicle on the public
highway
It's a criminal offence to use/park an unroadworthy vehicle on the public
highway

Contact the DVLA:

It's a civil offence to use/park a vehicle on the public highway without a
current excise licence

Contact HM Inspector of Taxes

He will soon have to register if he is self employed, it will be a criminal
offence for him not to do so
He must tell them of ANY income that is being made from any work that he
does

This is just for starters, I'm sure if you dig deep enough you could find a
few more - is he registered as unemployed...?

Brian G

On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 19:40:31 GMT, nbkm57 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com wrote:

I fail to see how you can apply a blanket statement like that. Who says?

"Chris Street" <ngfb (AT) chris-street (DOT) demon.co.uk> wrote

The local council in my area say that. I can only assume they have some
basis to do so.
Thurrock Council.

mrcheerful