can someone point me at the definitive rules for disabled parking bays?
We (parish council) are getting grief for not supporting the installation of a disabled parking bay.
The resident in question does not have a car or drive. they want the bay so that their carers (cleaners/home help) can park outside their house rather than sometimes having to park down the road and walking less than 500 yards. The carer isnt disabled.
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Your Council should have a policy on Informal Disabled Persons Parking Place which will say who is eligible for one and the procedure for requesting one should a someone not meeting the procedure request one.
This is one I know of:
CURRENT CRITERIA FOR PROVISION OF DISABLED PERSONS PARKING PLACES
i) The applicant should be either the owner or driver of the vehicle or a member of the household of the owner/driver.
ii) The applicant should possess a disabled persons parking permit (Blue badge).
iii) The applicant should receive the higher rate of mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance.
iv) The applicant should not have accessible off street parking.
v) The space provided to be standardised at 6.6 metres in accordance with the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994.
Any applciations which don't meet this can be considered, but they need to have a good argument as to why a space should be provided.
Also remember they are not for exclusive use of the household they are outside. If a neighbour has a blue badge they are quite entitled to park in the space whenever they like and for as long as they like.
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so the carer would not have a blue badge? They would then risk prosecution for parking in the disabled bay.
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It is stretching the definition of carer to apply it to cleaners and home-helps. Carers are people who actually look after the personal needs of a disabled person, possibly 24 hours a day in shifts. I can see a good argument for reserving a parking place for a genuine carer or carer team, whether they be members of the family/household or outside professionals.
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Obviously I dont want to go into detail on this.
I know what my feelings are, I wondered if there were national guidelines. looks like there may be council guidelines as suggested above. I'll go to the county council.
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DaveJP has it right. The carer would have to double park briefly whilst off loading the disabled person (blue badge holder off) and then go and park up. There are some exceptions, and we have a bay outside the house. my son is mentally as well as physically disabled and it is not safe to leave him for potnetially quite a long time by himself. Considerations like the ease of parking (which around us is a nightmare) is also taken into account.
The resident in question is trying to abuse the system and should know better.
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