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Under consideration PE2167: Stop the pavement parking ban for Scottish roads built before 2019
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to pause the pavement parking ban for all roads built before 2019, and to require all local authorities to carry out an assessment and consultation for any other road where they want to introduce a ban, with a presumption that bans won't be agreed for roads under 6m wide.
Background information
On 22 March 2025, I received my council tax bill, which had a leaflet inside regarding bins and, on reverse, the pavement parking ban.
When I contacted the Community Safety Officer for East Dunbartonshire Council, I was told that the consultation process had completed and therefore I did not have a right to challenge the ban. It was claimed there had been notes put up on lamp posts, in the library, and that information had been made available on the radio and on the council website, which, effectively excluded many local residents from accessing it.
I then contacted all 8 of my MSPs by email. Some of them offered suggestions, none of which I thought were feasible due to the poor quality of ministerial instructions regarding the legislation. One MSP told me to contact the Cabinet Secretary for Transport.
The Cabinet Secretary for Transport then told me to contact the council. This response created a cyclical issue, where, in my view, no one is prepared to be accountable and responsible for the matter.
The response from the Council’s Chief Executive to Pam Gosal MSP, who took forward my issue, offered no solutions and failed to address the lack of transparency in the consultation process, thereby contributing to the cyclical process described above.
72 signatures
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