Consultation by Department for Transport

Closes: 22nd NOVEMBER 2020

The government is asking whether a change of existing pavement parking legislation should occur and three options are being proposed:

1. Improving the Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) process, under which local authorities can already prohibit pavement parking.

2. A legislative change to allow local authorities with civil parking enforcement powers to enforce against ‘unnecessary obstruction of the pavement’.

3. A legislative change to introduce a London-style pavement parking prohibition throughout England.

To further develop its understanding of the pavement parking problem, the DfT is seeking your views on:

• Whether its ongoing work (Option 1), explained in more detail below, to improve the TRO process, under which local authorities can already prohibit pavement parking, is sufficient and proportionate to tackle pavement parking where it is a problem; or if not:

• Which of the two specific options you prefer. These were identified in the department’s review of the pavement parking problem, and echoed by the Transport Committee; are aimed at providing better tools for local authorities. These options, explained in more detail in this consultation document, are:

• Legislative change to allow local authorities with civil parking enforcement (CPE) powers to enforce against ‘unnecessary obstruction of the pavement’ (Option 2), or:

• Legislative change to introduce a London-style pavement parking prohibition throughout England (Option 3).

• Any alternative proposals you may have for managing pavement parking.

The DfT recognises that there are pros and cons for each of the options, and your responses on each will inform how this issue should be addressed.

Paul Howell, our MP, is keen that as many residents as possible get to respond on this issue which resonates with so many.

You can respond via this link: https://smartsurvey.co.uk/s/2XI2G/ – which is the DfTs preferred option or by downloading the response from https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/managing-pavement-parking/pavement-parking-options-for-change and emailing pavement.parking@dft.gov.uk