What rules about disabled spaces at work

What rules about disabled spaces at work

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Barreti

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Tuesday 23rd May 2017
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Can anyone point me in the direction of any rules which exist relating to the provision of disabled parking spaces at work.

So far as I can find so far there seems to be no legislation relating to the provision of disabled spaces, but everything I can find seems to be years old. Is this still the case?

We share a building with another company who last year removed all their disabled spaces and made them into executive parking bays with little name plaques.
But as a training company they regularly get disabled visitors who then use our disabled spaces.
I have no gripe with the poor sod who now has to traipse 30m further from our disabled parking bays, they are more than welcome to park where they please in my opinion. My issue is with the selfish execs who want to park right outside the door and it gets my goat every time I see the disabled person here.

Barreti

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Tuesday 23rd May 2017
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ah right, thanks for the information both.

It seems I'll sadly have to just inform the visitors they are parked in our parking spaces and they are welcome to, and have a quiet word with them about perhaps reporting the training company.

I have to say I'm very surprised and quite saddened they can do this. I had previously read the Eversheds information but hoped it might be out of date by now.

Barreti

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Tuesday 23rd May 2017
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Fish said:
Sorry if they are your spaces for your visitors I'd just kick them out and suggest they park in the wider exec spaces..

You don't have to provide your spaces for use by anothers visitor...
I would have had a quiet word and pointed them over the right side of the car park had there been any exec spaces empty but the disabled person arrived around 10am so they were full.