A fuming dad has been banned from parking his vintage motorhome on his own driveway – after council bosses said it was "damaging the area".<br /><br />Mike Perkins has spent 14 years restoring his beloved 1972 Ford Transit Landliner CI, which he calls his “pride and joy”.<br /><br />The 63-year-old kept the motorhome on his driveway outside his end-terraced home in Worcester but has now been ordered to move it following complaints.<br /><br />The dad-of-three has received a letter from Worcester City Council saying the van “damages the amenity of the area”.<br /><br />Mike said: "My initial thoughts were this is 'David and Goliath' and I'm David.<br />"If someone said to you, you could not park on your own drive, what would you do?<br /><br />"I feel like I'm between a rock and a hard place. I can't understand the lengths they are going to."<br /><br />His immediate neighbours called it “ridiculous” while another hailed the classic camper a “local landmark”.<br /><br />The council said it had received “numerous complaints about the appearance of the front garden” due to the “dilapidated vehicle”.<br /><br />Council officials said they received the first complaint in August 2020 and confirmed the van was “having a detrimental effect on local amenity”.<br /><br />Mike was issued with a notice, under section 2015 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, ordering him to comply with the order by November 20 last year.<br /><br />He has appealed the order and will represent himself when the civil case heard in court next month.<br /><br />Mike added: "The irony is that during its restoration, I received much support from passers-by.<br /><br />“This project is now more about the right to park your own vehicle on your own driveway."<br /><br />A council spokesperson said: “We spoke to the owner about the problem but were unable to reach an agreement for the area to be tidied.<br /><br />“Council officers issued a tidy-up notice which required the vehicle and trailer to be removed from the driveway and the waste to be tidied up. <br /><br />“The owner has made an appeal against the tidy-up notice and we are awaiting the outcome of it.<br /><br />“This matter has been handled under normal council procedures. <br /><br />“No individual councillors are involved in decisions to progress enforcement cases.”
