Pavement Parking Prohibitions FAQ's

The following "situations" do not apply for the "pavement parking prohibition" and the "double-parking prohibition".

• Vehicles being used for emergency service purposes (Police, Ambulance, Fire, Coastguard).
• Vehicles being used to do works on roads, for the removal of obstructions to traffic, for the collection of waste by the Council or for delivering the postal service (Royal Mail only).
• Vehicles being used by a registered medical practitioner, a registered nurse or a registered midwife providing urgent or emergency health care.
• Vehicles delivering goods to or collecting goods from any premises (up to 20 minutes only).
• Vehicles loading from or unloading to any premises (up to 20 minutes only).
• Vehicles providing assistance at an accident or breakdown.

The above exceptions can be allowed only if these activities cannot be carried out:

• without the vehicle being parked on a pavement, however a space of 1.5 metres must be maintained on the footway between the vehicle and the edge of footway furthest from the carriageway to allow unobstructed pedestrian movement.
• without the vehicle being double parked.