If you are concerned about a vehicle that
appears to have been parked in the same position for a period of
time and you think it has been abandoned you may report it.
To report a vehicle:
- Contact: Police Control
Room
- Telephone: 0845
3300247
To tell the Council all the necessary details
complete the online
Abandoned Vehicle Report
form or print and complete a copy of the Abandoned Vehicle
Report form (PDF: 23Kb / 1 page) and return to the address at
the bottom of the form.
What We Do
- Respond to complaints and representations
regarding abandoned vehicles and initiate statutory action to
secure their removal on direction of the Police.
- Reports from the public involving vehicles
abandoned are initially reported to the Police telephone number
01768 891999 - who will initiate an investigation into the
ownership and status of the vehicle. If their enquiries indicate
that the vehicle may have been abandoned the Police contact the
Council with a written request for action to secure its
removal.
- Where a vehicle is considered by the Council to
be abandoned the Council may issue a statutory notice to the
vehicle. On expiry of the stipulated time period on a statutory
notice the vehicle will be removed for disposal.
- The Council may recover costs incurred in
carrying out the disposal from land owners or the owner responsible
for abandoning the vehicle.
- The council may also recover costs incurred in
removing, storing and disposing from the owners or the owner
responsible for abandoning the vehicle.
For further information or advice:
