Why does my residents permit not entitle me to park outside my own property?
Public streets are for the passage of people and traffic and no one has a right to park on any specific part of the highway.
Technically, parking is an obstruction of the highway unless the Council makes provision for parking by introducing parking bays. Conditions may be applied to the parking bays, e.g. time limit, payment, permit holders only, goods vehicles only, etc.
What the Council cannot do is to reserve the area outside specific properties for the owners of the property. This would give private rights over what is a public asset and would be unfair in respect of those properties where adjacent parking places cannot be provided.
Last updated: 16 November 2006
