Pavement parking
Dropped kerb parking
Pay and display
Public and bank holiday parking restrictions
Pavement parking
Pavement parking is not permitted across London unless the area is specifically exempted. Where it is allowed it is indicated by white bay markings and appropriate exemption signs. This is explained within the Highway Code, which all motorists are expected to be familiar with.
The pavement parking ban applies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Vehicles parked on pavements can be issued with a penalty charge notice.
Do not park opposite another parked vehicle if it would cause an obstruction. It is the registered keepers’ responsibility to ensure they do not park opposite another vehicle or on the pavement and to find alternative legal parking.
Residents do not necessarily have a right to park outside their homes and if legal parking is not available then alternative legal parking must be sought in the surrounding area.
Dropped kerb parking
We are responsible for enforcing against vehicles that obstruct dropped kerbs.
There are two types of dropped kerbs - those for pedestrians and those for vehicles to access off-street areas.
Pedestrian dropped kerbs
We actively enforce against obstructing pedestrian dropped kerbs.
By parking in this manner you:
Make it difficult for people with wheelchairs and pushchairs
Make crossing the road difficult for older and disabled people
Obstruct the view of motorist turning at junctions
As well as receiving a parking ticket your vehicle may also be removed to the council’s car pound.
Dropped kerbs for access to off-street areas
Dropped kerbs allow access from the street to off-street areas such as driveways.
We actively enforce against obstructing dropped kerbs.
Vehicles parked adjacent to a dropped kerb may be ticketed and possibly removed without notice. Only vehicles that are either straddling the dropped kerb or have a wheel adjacent to the dropped kerb can be enforced.
Off-street dropped kerbs generally serve either a single property or more than one.
Driveways that serve a single property
Providing there is no enforceable yellow line, you and your visitors may park close to this type of driveway without penalty. For this reason, we only enforce upon specific request of the property occupier.
You will need to provide a landline telephone number, your name and address and details of the offending vehicle. We will carry out checks before enforcement action is taken, to establish the identity of the individual requesting enforcement action.
Driveways used by more than one property
These are driveways where multiple occupiers have access, such as a block of flats or a property converted into flats. Residents cannot park their own vehicle or give permission for others to park across these drieways. To do so would deny other residents access.
We actively enforce against these acts and may even remove the vehicle.
To report an offence call 020 8583 5452 (8am – 5pm Monday – Friday).
Pay and display
Pay and display machines and meters in the main town centre areas and at other locations throughout the Borough enable parking in “shared use”, pay and display, and meter bays.
The charges and lengths of stay are advertised at the ticket machines and on meters.
Parking attendent known as Civil Enforcement Officer will issue penalty charge notices to vehicles illegally parked (under the provisions of the Traffic Management Act 2004 (as amended).
Pay and display tickets must be clearly displayed, so that all details on the ticket are clearly visible from outside the vehicle.
Public and bank holiday parking restrictions
The on-street, off street 'pay and display' charges and controlled parking zones do not apply on public and bank holidays
Yellow lines and loading restrictions are an in force during the times shown on the relevant sign, even if this falls on a public or bank holiday
Like yellow lines, bus lanes, disabled bays, bus stops, taxi ranks and loading bays are in force during the times shown on the relevant sign, even if this falls on a public or bank holiday
Footpath parking restrictions and white pedestrian crossing zig-zag restrictions apply all day, every day, including public and bank holidays
The council is closed on public or bank holidays including the period between Christmas and new year