Can you park a company car fully on the pavement outside your shop

WLM21

Yesterday I noticed a new business has opened quite near to where I live and they have parked two 'company cars' on the pavement right outside the shop. 

There are actually bollards along the pavement edge, I guess to prevent parking, so the cars have obviously been driven onto the footpath further along the road, then driven to the front of the shop.

It's quite a wide footpath, but a blind person, for example, wouldn't be expecting two cars in their way

Mark_d

There generally aren't laws about vehicles parked on the pavement. As the pavement is wide it sounds like the cars are not obstructing the footpath.  However you could contact the council if you have concerns

oldernonethewiser

You need to check with the council what rules may be in place.

For example, the Scottish Government has given local councils the power to ban pavement parking and some are doing that.

born_again

If there are double yellow lines on the road no. As they extend all the way to the boundary, not just on the road.

If there are bollards to stop parking. Then clearly there have been complaints before.

Rule 145. You MUST NOT drive on or over a pavement, footpath or bridleway except to gain lawful access to property, or in the case of an emergency.
So unless there is a dropped kerb...

WLM21

Mark_d said:

There generally aren't laws about vehicles parked on the pavement. As the pavement is wide it sounds like the cars are not obstructing the footpath.  However you could contact the council if you have concerns

I was just curious .. seeing a row of bollards on the kerbside, then having two cars parked behind seemed strange to me

Nasqueron

WLM21 said:

Yesterday I noticed a new business has opened quite near to where I live and they have parked two 'company cars' on the pavement right outside the shop. 

There are actually bollards along the pavement edge, I guess to prevent parking, so the cars have obviously been driven onto the footpath further along the road, then driven to the front of the shop.

It's quite a wide footpath, but a blind person, for example, wouldn't be expecting two cars in their way

We have the same albeit an older business where their delivery drivers park on the pavement by the restaurant behind bollards - it's double yellows on the road as it's a roundabout and they drive in via the pavement accessed off a side street into a residential area

Car_54

born_again said:

If there are double yellow lines on the road no. As they extend all the way to the boundary, not just on the road.

If there are bollards to stop parking. Then clearly there have been complaints before.

Rule 145. You MUST NOT drive on or over a pavement, footpath or bridleway except to gain lawful access to property, or in the case of an emergency.
So unless there is a dropped kerb...

It depends where the "boundary" is. On a wide payment, the shop may own the adjacent part where the car is parked. In the same way that some restaurants have tables on "the pavement".

Herzlos

Unless there's a dropped kerb and direct access, then it's almost certainly not legal. I'm not sure the police would do anything about it if it wasn't causing any major obstructions though.

531063

Up until now depending on local councils, it's not illegal to park on the pavement the actual offence is driving on the pavement/foothpath, which seems crazy as how can a vehicle be on the pavement without being driven on it.

user1977

born_again said:

If there are double yellow lines on the road no. As they extend all the way to the boundary, not just on the road.

And if there are no parking restrictions on the road - why aren't they parked on the road?

Okell

There is a blanket ban on parking on the pavement in London unless the local authority has allowed it.

Outside London, it depends on whether the LA has banned it or not.

As above, if there are double yellow lines they almost certainly prevent parking on the pavement too - unless the shop owner can prevent the public accessing the pavement