Abandoned Vehicle
New legislation
The council have adopted the new Clean Neighbourhoods and
Environment Act 2005 to tackle Abandoned and Nuisance vehicle’s,
the new legislation allows the council to issue fixed penalty
notices of £200 to persons found to be abandoning a vehicle on the
highway, and fixed penalty notices of £100 to persons found selling
2 or more vehicles on the highway. It also allows the council to
remove vehicles immediately without prior notice. The last
registered keeper of the vehicle may be liable for any costs
incurred.
The vehicle will then be stored for a period of
7 days after which the vehicle is detroyed if no owner reclaims the
vehicle.
The current charges are £105 removal, £12 per day storage and
£55 destruction fee. Please note that all charges are liable upto
12 months after the removal if an owner of the vehicle is
established.
How to report an Abandoned Vehicle?
It is helpful if you can give us as many details as possible
about the vehicle, e.g. where the vehicle is parked, its
registration number, colour and make of the vehicle, whether the
vehicle is taxed and the state of the vehicle (burnt out or
wreck).
If you can't obtain any of the above details don’t worry as we
shall send someone out to investigate the vehicle.
Please note that a charge of £105 will be made when removing
vehicles from private land.
How long will it take to remove the
vehicle?
We aim to respond to all reported vehicles
within 24 hours of the original call, however it will depend on the
state of the vehicle and the length of our enquiries to determine
whether a vehicle IS eligible for removal.
When we have carried out all of our checks and ascertain that
the vehicle is suitable for removal, we will then notify our
salvage company who will make arrangements for collection.
If a vehicle is in a dangerous state then we will make
arrangements for an immediate removal.
Steps to remove vehicle
- Call recieved reporting possible abandoned vehicle.
- Call responded to within 24 hours.
- If vehicle is identified as abandoned, the vehicle is then
removed to secure storage within a further 24 hours and a
letter sent to registered owner giving 7 days notice to reclaim
vehicle
Contact Us
Report an Abandoned Vehicle via email at communitywardens@cheshireeast.gov.uk
Please select your location from the map below so that we can
provide you with the contact details of your local abandoned
vehicle officer:
For more information please contact the Community Safety Officer
- 01270 529529.