Well I just had a van man drive down the side trying to squeze past!
he has agreed to pay but I'm still gutted about my shiny new paint having an 8" score down it.
On the bright side, my paint guy is going to give me a quote for at least 50 quid more than he will charge and if I add 50 quid to the quote he will do the bottom half of all the doors where I have many stone chips and a scuff or too also.