Pavement Parking Prohibitions

FAQ's

The Scottish Government has given Local authorities the power to enforce against the following road offences:

• parking on pavements
• double parking
• parking at dropped kerb crossing points

For more information on what these new prohibitions mean, please check out our Pavement Parking Prohibitions FAQs.

For us to fully implement the enforcement of these new powers we must complete 3 parts; assessment, enforcement and exemption. These are detailed below.

Assessment

Our assessment progress can be viewed on our interactive map.  This is a LIVE map and will continue to be updated as more assessment work is undertaken, therefore you are encouraged to regularly check back for updates. A brief description of the updates to the LIVE map will also be listed below for information.

The current map has the following legend:

Roads highlighted in purple are where there are no exemptions because:

• the areas where these roads are located are already controlled by parking restrictions or,
• the roads are at least 7.5 metres wide, which allows safe passage of a fire engine when cars are parked on both sides of the road.

Roads highlighted in green require further assessment in order to determine their exemption status.  Please note that roads shown in green are not exempt at this time and we reserve the right to enforce in any street, including those shown in green on the interactive map, should any clear safety issues be brought to our attention, in order to comply with our duty to ensure public safety.

Enforcement

The ability to enforce double parking and parking at dropped kerb crossing points is due to be ready for the end of January. Once this is in place, we will familiarise the enforcement team with this system and start dealing with any issues as part of our reactive complaints process. From February, you will be able highlight issues with double parking and parking at dropped kerb crossing points through "reporting a parking problem".

Pavement parking enforcement will be introduced on a phased basis on roads where an assessment has been completed and no exemption is being considered. Again, from February, you will be able highlight issues with pavement parking on roads that have been fully assessed through "reporting a parking problem". The enforcement team will deal with any issues as part of their reactive complaints process, however prior to any enforcement they will issue warning notices before any penalty charge notices are issued.

We reserve the right to enforce in any street, including those shown in green on the interactive map, should any clear safety issues be brought to our attention, in order to comply with our duty to ensure public safety. E.g. vehicle(s) parking on pavements and forcing pedestrians on to the road in order to bypass the vehicle(s).

Exemptions

We are currently going through the assessment process to identify streets where an exemption may be considered. Any exemptions to the Transport Act 2019 in relation to pavement parking will be considered in accordance with the guidance provided by Transport Scotland.

Once any considered exemptions have been agreed, these will require to go through the legal traffic regulation order process and once completed, the exempt pavements will require to be signed and have road markings applied to indicate the extents of the exemption.