disabled parking bays, are they legal

[Terminator X]

Just park in it imho & see what happens?!

TX.

[Sam_68]

tvrgit said:

If this car park is an adopted road, or a road open to access by the public (for example does it have adopted street lights), then it doesn't matter who owns it, who has freehold, nothing else. If it's still a "highway" as per the OP then nobody is allowed to control parking on it except the local authority, and they can only do so by making a Traffic Regulation Order.

^^^^ This.

You can check with the local Highways Department (usually part of the County Council) to establish whether the road is adopted (they all keep a set of adoption plans that show all the roads/land they own/maintain in their area) and whether there are any TRO's applicable to it.

[balls-out]

Flawless Victory said:

How do you know this?
And what does a disabled person look like?

In this context a disabled person looks like a person with a car with a disabled badge displayed?

[tvrgit]

Sam_68 said:

^^^^ This.

You can check with the local Highways Department (usually part of the County Council) to establish whether the road is adopted (they all keep a set of adoption plans that show all the roads/land they own/maintain in their area) and whether there are any TRO's applicable to it.

To be honest, it doesn't matter either if it's adopted or not - if it's a "highway" as defined in the Highways Act 1980, then the same rules apply in respect of requiring a TRO. The RTRA 1984 applies to all roads, not just adopted ones. [Alfie mode on]Not a lot of Councils know that.[/Alfie mode]