Parking on pavement and cycleway on Park Road

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• Got a brush off response highlighting 1, lack of coordination between various authorities and 2, failure to read my report correctly.

  Posted anonymously at 22:51, Mon 9 March 2020
  Still open, via questionnaire

• What you have said there highlights a lack of help and total disregard for disabled and vulnerable people. Please continue placing reports like this and do not give in to responses which basically encourage you to give up. You can also post details/quotes of what the council said to you for everyone to see. Thanks.

  Posted anonymously at 22:46, Mon 16 March 2020

• This was the response: Thank you for contacting us regarding the parking issues on Park Road, Petersfield. Unfortunately, Hampshire County Council is unable to assist you with this issue. Hampshire County Council do not hold any enforcement powers, as such we are unable to request the vehicles are moved. If the vehicles are causing an obstruction to the road or the footway, we advise you to contact the police on the non-emergency 101 number. They should be able to assist in making this area safe.

  Posted anonymously at 17:54, Tue 17 March 2020

• Thanks. What they've written there is misleading. Firstly, other councils nationwide CAN and DO issue PCNs for parking on pavements. It is just down to inferior policies. It's easier to attempt to suppress the reports by giving you the 'nothing we can do' response, which is why you shouldn't stop reporting them here - it increases awareness. So thanks. Secondly, HCC can easily have obstructions moved by the police when they are unable to clear the road. It's just easier to tell you to do it. And thirdly, you shouldn't have to pay to enforce your rights. 101 is NOT free, unless you go to a phone box, for which you might have to get past the obstruction. If you do speak to the police (as I have) make sure it's known that the pavement is obstructed, not just an inconvenience, otherwise they might try to bounce you back to the council again.

  Posted anonymously at 12:22, Sat 21 March 2020

• From https://www.askthe.police.uk/ content/ Q387.htm:

  Please be aware that the police are not responsible for setting up TROs.

  If not specifically prohibited, parking a vehicle on the pavement could lead to an offence of obstruction being committed – this could result in a fixed penalty notice being issued to offending vehicle/s. This is because parking on the pavement can obstruct pedestrians and wheelchair users, forcing them to use the road to pass a parked vehicle/s.

  Waiting restrictions indicated by yellow lines apply to the road, pavements and verges. Therefore, it is still against the law to park on the pavement/verge by the side of yellow lines.

  It should also be noted that unless you are accessing your property via a lowered kerb driveway, it is an offence to drive on the pavement even for a short distance.

  The above provisions apply even if you only have one or two wheels on the pavement and they also apply to motorcycles.

  Whilst the above information represents the general position in England and Wales, there may be regional variations to this, for example, in London there is essentially a blanket ban.

  Posted anonymously at 12:39, Sat 21 March 2020

• Still open, via questionnaire, 23:01, Mon 6 April 2020