Illegal use of disabled parking bay

This space is constantly being used illegally.

The residents on this street seem to think that the disabled bay won't be needed during the evening. The photos attached is of someone using during the day. There is someone illegally in that space now and it's 20:55. I have reported this to my council but they won't have people checking parking during the evenings. The space is used throughout the day, not all day, randomly throughout the day, yet the evenings, there is always someone using it.

This has been going on for at least the duration of me living in this street (Dean Street NP19 7FD) and that's over 7 years.

A friend of mine is disabled and a blue badge and cannot walk too far, so more often than not will return home instead of visiting me because they can't get to my house due to no spaces being close enough. That disabled bay is just two houses away from my door.