Red-dot Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 We have a square parking area of some 60'X50' and one of our elderly neighbours got the council to paint a white box with the letters DISABLED outside the space. He has since moved to a single storey home and the new resident is a young girl with no health issues. Can the space now be used by non disabled residents and visitors without fear of a council ticket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord v Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 I will check when I get into work tomorrow, but fairly sure those bays have to have a supporting TRO to be enforceable. LikelyHood is that it doesn't have one if it's on non adopted highway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 I don't think they would pass up on the opportunity to issue tickets here, it's a big earner, Local Councillor your starting point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsbob Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 (edited) As far as I am aware you can park there whenever you like as the disabled bay you have described is only a request. For an enforceable parking restriction to be effective there must be a sign on a post or wall etc with the conditions of the restriction clearly visible. I know someone who was offered one such bay outside his house and he was told that it would cost him to have the bay markings painted and he had no right to prevent others from parking there. Edited February 26, 2017 by sportsbob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
achosenman Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 (edited) FWIW this is what Bristol Council has to say on the subject. What is a Disabled Parking Place/White Line Marking? Disabled markings provided under this scheme are advisory only and have no legal standing. Disabled bays are located outside of, or as near as is reasonably practicable, to a disabled person’s home and are marked in white. Although able-bodied drivers are encouraged not to park within a disabled parking bay, anyone can use them. Whilst a bay would clearly be intended for one individual, it is also open to other disabled drivers to use. Bristol City Council is therefore unable to provide any form of enforcement to secure the use of an advisory bay, or prevent the blocking of a drive/access way. However, should you continually experience problems with your bay being obstructed, you should contact your local Police Station and request their assistance. Edited February 26, 2017 by achosenman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southman1 Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 The disabled car bay out side your house is to let some know that a disabled person lives there's, if there is no blue badge pole out side it is a Curtise car bay they have the right to park there but when the disabled person comes back if asked they must let that person use the space been through this whith my late wife's disabled car bay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandringstar Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 does this apply to disabled bays in supermarkets, I never park in them, but I see so many empty most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southman1 Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 Super markets are on private ground their rules their regulations can get fined read theire small print Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 does this apply to disabled bays in supermarkets, I never park in them, but I see so many empty most of the time. I park in them all the time. Of course I'm always making a delivery to the supermarket when I do so it seems unlikely I'll cop for a ticket. However, if it is as Southman says only their regulation then it's debateable whether you are legally obliged to pay any fines they impose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deershooter Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 I park in them all the time. Of course I'm always making a delivery to the supermarket when I do so it seems unlikely I'll cop for a ticket. However, if it is as Southman says only their regulation then it's debateable whether you are legally obliged to pay any fines they impose. One day you might be disabled then you will find out the reality of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 One day you might be disabled then you will find out the reality of it Whilst I sincerely hope that's not the case, and I sympathise with those who are in that situation, I think you're somewhat over reacting to my comment. I'm in and out of most of my drops in a fewminutes at most. Any delay I cause in someone parking is likely to be minimal, and I would always apologise if I caused a delay. However the fact remains that I cover a lot of miles and do a lot of drops with sometimes heavy loads, and a few minutes here and there on every drop soon adds up to an extra hour or more on my day, so if my nearest unloading point happens to be a disabled parking spot then I'm afraid I'm going to use it. As the old saying goes "It's better to ask forgiveness than to ask permission." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katzenjammer Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Why not just ask the council to grind the paint off as a disable person no longer lives there? Or perhaps they have some durable road marking paint they can spray over the lines and lettering? It really only need to be the lettering that is removed or covered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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