Disabled and no space to park

rattle

Hi,
When I moved into my house the parking was not too bad I could normally find a space outside my house.In the last three years it has become a real pain as peoples children get older and have started to drive.There is enough space outside to park two cars but my house is like a magnet all the neighbours visitors and delivery drivers etc park there.

My neighbours know I am disabled yet they will often park outside leaving me with nowhere near my house to park.I applied for a disabled bay but was refused.
I was thinking of having a polite sign made and getting it fixed to my garden gate something like "Please leave this space clear for disabled resident" or "This space is needed 24 hours a day for disabled resident.

I don't want to upset my neighbours but my mobility is limited and getting worse and I need to address this issue.I am also not sure on the legality of fixing a sign on my gate with that type of wording am I allowed to or not? I am a housing association tenant.Any advice would be appreciated.

Tiddlywinks

You don't own or rent the space that you want to park in so of course it will be a 'free for all'.

You say you've applied for a marked disabled bay and have been refused - but remember that even if a bay had been marked out, it would not have been your own personal space... any other blue badge user could use it too.

As for fixing a sign - if your neighbours already know your mobility is limited and still park there then it's unlikely they'll change behaviour just because you put up a sign.

Your only realistic hope is to move to somewhere with a driveway parking space.

Alter_ego

Appeal the refusal for blue badge.

AndyMc.....

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

You don't own or rent the space that you want to park in so of course it will be a 'free for all'.

You say you've applied for a marked disabled bay and have been refused - but remember that even if a bay had been marked out, it would not have been your own personal space... any other [STRIKE]blue badge user [/STRIKE] driver could use it too.

As for fixing a sign - if your neighbours already know your mobility is limited and still park there then it's unlikely they'll change behaviour just because you put up a sign.

Your only realistic hope is to move to somewhere with a driveway parking space.

It's only likely to be an advisory bay outside a residential address.

AndyMc.....

Alter_ego wrote: »

Appeal the refusal for blue badge.

It's a parking space that's been refused not a blue badge.

Johno100

Perhaps the Housing Association will let you have your garden converted into a driveway and have a dropped kerb installed. Maybe worth asking and you never know there might even be some funding available to help.

rattle

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

You don't own or rent the space that you want to park in so of course it will be a 'free for all'.

You say you've applied for a marked disabled bay and have been refused - but remember that even if a bay had been marked out, it would not have been your own personal space... any other blue badge user could use it too.

As for fixing a sign - if your neighbours already know your mobility is limited and still park there then it's unlikely they'll change behaviour just because you put up a sign.

Your only realistic hope is to move to somewhere with a driveway parking space.

Thanks for the reply
I cannot move even if I wanted to which I don't my home has multiple adaptions and I am liable for the costs if I move.A sign might make their visitors think twice.The neighbours and their children park there without thinking a sign might just make them think for a moment it's worth a try.

rattle

AndyMc..... wrote: »

It's only likely to be an advisory bay outside a residential address.

Yes at first it would be but if problems persist it could be made enforceable that's what I was advised when I applied.

rattle

Johno100 wrote: »

Perhaps the Housing Association will let you have your garden converted into a driveway and have a dropped kerb installed. Maybe worth asking and you never know there might even be some funding available to help.

Unfortunately the front garden is very sloped it's too steep for a driveway.

Tigsteroonie

If the

rattle wrote: »

home has multiple adaptions

and

rattle wrote: »

my mobility is limited and getting worse

Then I would suggest that you re-apply to the Council for the disabled bay with a re-assessment of need. As others have said, it wouldn't be yours but there is more of a chance of it remaining free; we've only had somebody else park in our disabled bay once in two years.

AndyMc.....

rattle wrote: »

Yes at first it would be but if problems persist it could be made enforceable that's what I was advised when I applied.

It could be but then there maybe reasons why it would never be.