Ha, I get confused too but, like JR Hartley's book on fishing, "I am rather old"!
Just going back to the OP's problem with the car:
If it's on a private road - with or without a SORN - then it's down to the leaseholders to get rid of it, if it is abandoned - the local council OR police have no interest in it at all; why should they, as it's not on a public road.
If it's on the public road, and without tax or MOT, the police can remove it (S:165), and so can the council, under the public amenities regulations..
It seems to me that if the OP had made it exactly clear "where it was", and if they did or didn't know who the owner/keeper was, then the problem could have been easily resolved.
As is often the case, incomplete info leads us nowhere. Thanks for the reply. Cheers, Les.

Edited by lelboy (Sat 08-Jul-17 00:09:34)

In reply to a post by ironman12345:

I got confused when I posted , I should have said that no tax disc is displayed.
As for the "Private Road" is the OP sure that is private.?
If it is in fact a Public Road then it is not parked legally.

And how many years is it since you had to display a road fund disk??? April 2014 I think....

Even a private road, can mean that it still has to be taxed, Insured as well as having a valid mot.

It all seems to depend if the area is "not maintainable at public expense"

In reply to a post by lelboy:

Ha, I get confused too but, like JR Hartley's book on fishing, "I am rather old"!
Just going back to the OP's problem with the car:
If it's on a private road - with or without a SORN - then it's down to the leasholders to get rid of it, if it is abandoned - the local council OR police have no interest in it at all; why should they, as it's not on a public road.
If it's on the public road, and without tax or MOT, the police can remove it (S:165), and so can the council, under the public amenities regulations..
It seems to me that if the OP had made it exactly clear "where it was", and if they did or didn't know who the owner/keeper was, then the problem could have been easily resolved.
As is often the case, incomplete info leads us nowhere. Thanks for the reply. Cheers, Les.

So you are rather old. ? . I am 80 years old.
Or are you just pointing out that JR Hartley wrote a book "I am rather old".?
Do you actually enjoy what you write . ?.

Hmm, yes I do enjoy what I write - and have done for the years I've been using TBB
I'm 66 - I was referring to JR Hartley, when he was looking for the book he wrote years before: the book was "rather old" not JR Hartley (although he seemed to be). The reference would mean nothing to you if you don't remember the TV advertisement from years ago...
Not to sure what the point of your post is - are you sympathising with me for being old, or are you just a geriatric troll? B*ggered if I know....

Hi John, Yes, it's been a few years since you had to display a "tax disc".
That's why I pointed out that any OP really needs to give us as much information as possible: without all the facts, we can only speculate...
As the OP said "it's a gated" community, I assume THEY (the leaseholders association) maintain it, and not the local council?

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Oh dear... My first "jibe" at "pedants" was to pre-empt any comments about going for an MOT test etc. Nowt to do with anyone in particular - just giving information: It really needed no further comment - especially regarding "an arranged garage" - whatever that may be. I offer a cogent answer to the original poster, and you respond - why, I know not.

In reply to a post by lelboy:

I offer a cogent answer to the original poster, and you respond - why, I know not.

Because its a forum

Given your provocative comments, to all and sundry - over the years I've been using TBB - I'll just ignore your response. Shame you never had anything constructive to offer the OP - because, after all, it IS a forum!

You mean like this?

In reply to a post by lelboy:

or are you just a geriatric troll? B*ggered if I know....