Applying for a Disabled Parking Bay
In order to apply for a disabled parking bay, you must comply with the following criteria:
- The applicant must a Blue Badge holder.
- The applicant must not have access to private off-street parking facilities e.g. driveway and/or garage.
- The applicant’s vehicle must be registered at the same address at that of the Blue Badge holder.
- If the application is an organisation, the vehicle must be registered at the same address as the organisation and is to be used by, or on behalf of the organisation to carry disabled persons’.
If you think you qualify using the previous criteria and would like to apply for a disabled parking bay, please bring your V5C Vehicle Registration Certificate to:
Customer Services
Dundee House
50 North Lindsay Street
Dundee DD1 1LS
Procedure
Initial applications are assessed by the Central Corporate Customer Services team against the above criteria who makes a decision regarding an applicant’s eligibility for a disabled parking place.
Traffic Engineers from Network Management Team within Roads and Transportation Division visit the blue badge holder at their property address, identify and determine a suitable location for a disabled parking place taking into consideration road safety issues, kerbside space availability and traffic management consideration within the area that could potentially affect the implementation of a disabled parking place. The maximum figure of 30% of the available kerbside space within the street can be allocated for disabled parking places.
It is the decision of Dundee City Council to designate a disabled parking place from where there is a convenient access for the disabled. This may require the displacement of the non-disabled persons’ vehicles in order to provide the convenient access to the property. Once the location has been established, it is not altered. Download the guidance for the implementation of disabled parking places for Local Authorities.
For disabled parking places to be installed on the public road, Dundee City Council are not required to consult neighbours or serve a public notice of intention to provide a disabled parking place. A planning permission is also not required.
The disabled parking place is temporarily marked on the ground at a convenient access location near to the disabled person’s property to minimise walking distance from the property. To be legally enforceable, the disable parking place must comply with the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 which determines the size, type of marking including lines and text with provision of signing at every parking place allocated.
Once the application is successful, the applicant receives a letter issued by the Customer Services Department. A time period of 9- 12 months is given for the disabled parking place to be made legally enforceable from its initial application submission. If the applicant is unsuccessful and refused a bay, a letter is issued by Customer Services Department advising the reason for refusal.
Measures are in place when a disabled parking place has become vacant that a public notice is served against the disabled parking place. The notice will advise that it is the Council’s intention to remove the disabled parking place unless there is an expression of interest from another blue badge holder who would like to be reallocated the place which will need to be re-applied for in the first instance.
The requests for the installation of new disabled parking places are sent out in batches to the contractor Tayside Contracts to provide best value for money and best practice to be permanently marked with a sign which afterwards are checked to ensure that it complies with current regulations. As part of the requirement, Disabled Persons’ Parking Places database is updated to reflect the changes including new additions and existing removals.
