Can I park on our garden?

Hi, That's what I've done, but don't drive over the footpath or grass verges to gain access. Otherwise you may run into trouble with the council, because your garden is your property the footpath and verges aren't. Part of the cost of getting dropped kerbs or wider one's is the legal work to give you permission to cross them. I was fortunate that I had the depth of garden to allow me to drive in, of course reversing in is easier. That lamp post being where it is will increase the cost because of moving it if you go for 'official' widening of the dropped kerb or even maybe a refusal. You could of course wing it and keep off the grass and their radar.

Colin

Check with the council first.
I did this with our last house, no issues except when it came time to sell and there turned out to be a clause whereby no one was allowed to do this in our street, regardless that other neighbours had.
Pain at the time, as it was holding up the sale but I just had to send the council a letter asking permission which they granted, no money exchanged hands.
At the very least if you do this and someone complains down the line you will have the council's permission.

Do you mean legally or whether you need to prep the ground to prevent sinkage / car issues caused by parking on damp ground?

Legally it should say on your deeds if there's any restrictions.

Ground prep I'd put down a 6" bed of concrete if it it's going to be a permanent thing.

Many years ago when I lived at home, my dad decided he wanted to turn our old rockery into another driveway.
Wasn't possible to use our existing driveway to swing into it as it was on a much higher level than the existing.

Didn't say a word to the council, bought some nice matching kerb stones and just cracked on. Drop Kerb, nicely curved Kerb to finish off the verge, matched the tarmac into match what was already there. Probably a better job than the council would of done.

Never rumbled. I think the neighbours were fed up with how many cars he had on the road, and an additional driveway was beneficial for all parties.

Putting down a surface that is not porous could make the council upset as you have to be responsible for your rain water. Even with planning i had to put down porous tarmac on my driveway when i widenend it. But iam in the national park

Denflowers has it in a nutshell
I think its SUDS etc, you will be replacing a place for water to go in to the ground with a non porous surface.
I would ask the council via a phone call then follow up letter, I doubt they will say no but its best to do it properly to avoid future issues.
I have seen people who got big no then get planning by fitting this sort of stuff
www.groundtrax.com/car-parks/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAj9iBBhCJARIsAE9qRtBZ7P2HODEzQuUDKqQ0whyZQQONaTUHmCzJX9Gf-9EjswMULQICP3EaAlOmEALw_wcB
Or gravel and a membrane.
Here you go read this.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/7728/pavingfrontgardens.pdf

As long as disagree water doesn't discharge onto the public highway then it shouldn't be an issue, the easiest way around it is to fit an acco type drain between the drive and footpath.

As a highways technician responsible for maintaining verges and footways and marking and measuring up for vehicle crossovers I'll throw some opinion in here lol

You can do whatever you like with regards to the frontage it's lower than the verge so water discharge isn't an issue.

Taking the wall down shouldn't be a problem either although some areas like you to have planning consent to make alterations (mainly classified roads etc)

Don't start driving over the verge, it's one of my pet hates and a sure fire way to get the council irked and land you in bother, makes the area look messy and footways unsafe covered in mud (but you weren't going to do that anyway)

Keep an eye out for any works in the area regarding lamp columns. Why? Well it looks to be a concrete column outside your property and some councils are doing a wholesale replacement of these over the next few years (we are 3/4 of the way through). If they do come to move it get them to put it further away from the vehicle crossover, that way if you ever wanted to extend (i mean pay the council to extend....) you won't have to pay to move the column (£1000+ in my borough)

You may find that a small extension to your existing crossover may well aid getting on and off with more than 1 car, depending on the expense (ours are very expensive #BrokeLondonBorough )

No such thing as streetview when this was done.
He used to do this sort of thing all the time.

Going back to look at streetview now, looks like the council have "dressed" the pavement, and it's all uniform.