Problem getting disabled space painted by council

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My MIL has a long term debilitating illness that has been getting worse, she used to live in a 1st floor council flat but the stairs were getting too much for her, so the council have moved her into a nice new build ground floor council flat complete with new parking. However the rest of the street have now started parking in the spaces for the new flat, meaning she often can’t get parked resulting in an often painful walk to her home from along the street.

I contacted the council and asked if they could mark one of the spaced as disabled so she could get parked ok, but they said they can’t until the development is ‘adopted’ from the developer. Until then they said they are not going to do anything. I argued that she is not going to magically get better until then, but they don’t care. I asked if the developer gave them permission could they mark it, but again they said no.

Does anyone know if there is anything I could quote to them to spur them into action, some disability rights act type thing? It’s really upsetting my MIL who was otherwise enjoying her new house and not having to tackle stairs every day.

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Thanks for the replies everyone looks like she will just have to hang on until it's adopted. Seems a bit daft but such is life

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Type R Tom said:

I doubt it, this is public highway, I don't think a 3m + wide bay in the middle of a load of 2.4m bays would be a good idea. Unless they are at 90 degrees to the road of course.

The parking is 90 degrees to the road, with regards to the existing houses on the other side of the road, some have driveways others don't. I have sent the council an email today asking what adjustments they had made under Equalities Act for disabled tenants. It's a bit strange in general that there are no disabled spaces. I live in a new private build with a resident's carpark, they marked a percentage of the spaces as disabled without enquiringly if they were needed or not, I was assuming this was a legal requirement now.