Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 109353

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

Tabled: 28 January 2026
Answered: 5 February 2026

Question

Julia Buckley

LabourShrewsbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to lay secondary legislation enabling local authorities outside London to enforce against pavement parking.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
We will lay secondary legislation later in 2026 to give local authorities powers to issue Penalty Charge Notices for vehicles parked in a way that unnecessarily obstructs the pavement.At the next opportunity we will then introduce the necessary primary le...

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