Charlotte22

I believe then, our first steps is to look whether we can change a portion of the 'open space' to 'private garden space' and go from there... mind blowing.

It's frustrating!

This is our boundary line for reference.

Thanks, yeah we were thinking that to be fair. I don't think we'd get huge objection as it would ease the parking pressure on surrounding neighbours, and we wouldn't be taking all the bushes out, just about 2-3 metres maximum, and go from there.

Ohh OK! How do I go about finding out if it's amenity land? On the title deeds it's referred to as open land - I have seen some neighbours take bushes out and pave some of the garden to create additional space. Our neighbour opposite paved their entire front garden (which is also open land on deeds) and uses that as a driveway with only the small existing drop curb. Oh this is very confusing! Thanks for all your replies so far, definitely some food for thought!

A better picture for reference, we'd like for the extra parking to go where the yellow box is.

Sorry, no that definitely is the boundary line, anything within the bush they class as our front garden as shown within the deeds - not sure why I put in commas. Yes, that is our driveway next to the grey fence.

Hi all, Excuse the very poor drawings, but do we think this is possible? Our house is end of terrance, just off the road somewhat on a corner plot. We have a driveway/ single garage to the side (technically back garden) of the house and we were wondering if it would be possible to take a portion of the bush out the front, and about a 2sqm chunk out of our back garden to create additional parking (material tbc) and mark it off with a 1 metre fence (as permitted in front gardens)? The left drawing is current vs. proposed. We have a drop curb (yellow) which would remain in use for the additional parking. Since moving, we've realised parking is somewhat an issue and we're at a loss! See photos for reference! The house is 30+ years old, and the bush was planted as a 'boundary line'. Has anyone done anything similar before, or know if something like this is a straight NO in the eyes of the councils.