Parking

Careless parking across grass verges and footpaths can be dangerous and cause damage.

You may park a car or small van that is used for your own domestic purposes:

• At your home, if you have a parking space or have our written permission to use part of your garden as a parking space
• In an authorised, marked parking space or garage

Your vehicle must have a valid tax disc, any required test certificate, and an insurance policy.

If you want to use it for business purposes you will need our prior permission.

If you want to park any other vehicle, for example a caravan, commercial vehicle, trailer or boat, you will need our written permission.

We want to give as many tenants as possible the chance to park their cars off the road without spoiling the appearance of the area. If you want to park a vehicle in your garden it must be on a hard standing with a proper footpath crossing. You will need our written permission to do this work yourself. If you want further advice on this contact your housing officer.
If you think a vehicle is abandoned and/or is a risk to safety you should contact your housing officer who will be able to give you some assistance.

If you need to dispose of a vehicle yourself, look in the Yellow Pages for details of local car breakers or contact your local council.We will recharge you our costs if we have to remove your vehicle(s).

If you need to carry out minor repairs, make sure that you do not cause damage to paths and roadways or disturb other residents.

You should not carry out any extensive vehicle repairs or services anywhere at your home, garden, or in the area.

Parking permits and wheel clamping

In some areas where parking space is limited, residents are issued with parking permits. This makes it easier to detect unauthorised parking and take action against the offenders. This action may include wheel clamping.

Signs are displayed where wheel clamping is in operation. If you do not display a valid bpha permit clearly in the windscreen you may be wheel clamped and will have to pay a releasing fee to the contractor used by us. Check for signs on display.

Permits for the council's 'controlled parking scheme' are not valid in our parking areas.