The Strathbungo Society

A couple of weeks ago, we were contacted by residents of Vennard Gardens following a complaint from a person with a pram who was unable to use the pavement due to cars being parked on it at the Pollokshaws end of the street. As a result of the complaint, parking tickets were issued to vehicles parked on the pavement along the entire length of the street, if they left under 1.5m of pavement width. Cars parked on the pavement had previously been ticketed in Marywood Square after a complaint that one vehicle blocked someone’s front gate. This has caused a lot of confusion and anger amongst residents.

The Society asked the Council about this. In short, although Strathbungo is still ‘in consideration’ regarding pavement parking, until there is a full exemption agreed and signage to that effect per street, cars parked on the pavement will not be exempt from enforcement. The criteria for enforcement are a) The council receive a specific complaint and b) The vehicle(s) does not allow a pedestrian/wheelchair user to pass (defined as 1.5m, the minimum recommended width of a pavement).

So, please be mindful of where and how you park in the area. The Garden’s pavements are wider than the Squares (typically 1.75m) so please be sure to park with space to allow pedestians/wheelchair users to pass on the pavement. In the Squares the pavements are much narrower. Here the guidance remains more ambiguous, but be mindful that if you are parked close to a garden gate into a property, make sure there is plenty of space for residents to enter/exit their front gardens easily and safely.

For full information about pavement parking please go to GCC Pavement Parking Prohibitions

The council have sent us an abridged version as follows:

Assessment

Our assessment progress can be viewed on our interactive map, where roads are now coloured Red, Yellow or Blue.

Blue: Roads within future proposed parking zone boundaries
Status: Not being considered for exemption at this time. Any consideration for an exemption will be considered as part of the parking zone proposals.
Enforcement: Pavement parking enforcement will be carried out if: 1. We receive a specific complaint and 2. The vehicle(s) does not allow a pedestrian/wheelchair user to pass

Enforcement

The enforcement of pavement parking, double parking and parking at dropped kerb crossing points is underway. The enforcement team are now dealing with any issues as part of their reactive complaints process. The public can highlight issues with pavement parking, double parking and parking at dropped kerb crossing points through “reporting a parking problem”.

We reserve the right to enforce in any street, including those shown in yellow* on the interactive map, should any clear safety issues be brought to our attention, to comply with our duty to ensure public safety. E.g. vehicle(s) parking on pavements and forcing pedestrians on to the road to bypass the vehicle(s).

* This also includes streets shown in blue

Exemptions

Until such time an exemption order is implemented, it must be noted that no roads are currently exempt from pavement parking. However, enforcement will only be undertaken on these roads if vehicles are fully obstructing a pavement which would force pedestrians/wheelchair users on to the road to bypass parked vehicles, as outlined above.

Any further updates to Pavement Parking Prohibitions will be provided on the webpage and specific information on the assessment for streets in Strathbungo will be included in updates on the proposed RPZ for the area.

I trust this information will be useful in informing the residents of your community.

For clarity the map (previously purple and green) now has three colours:

Red: Pavement parking ban now being enforced (most roads)
Blue: Within a proposed future parking scheme (includes all roads in the Strathbungo Society area)
Yellow: Exemption being taken forward (rare, nearest are in Mount Florida)

Any further updates to Pavement Parking Prohibitions will be provided on the webpage and specific information on the assessment for streets in Strathbungo will be included in updates on the proposed RPZ for the area.