Renfrewshire Council

Pavement parking laws

Scotland wide parking legislation has been introduced banning:

• parking on pavements
• double parking
• parking at a dropped kerb's pedestrian crossing.

The ban still allows emergency services, works and delivery vehicles exemptions for a short time where necessary.

Why these laws are being introduced

These new laws make it safer for pedestrians and road users.

Inconsiderate parking forces people onto the road and increases the risk of accidents.

Parking on pavements prevents people from walking safely down streets and can be particularly hazardous for people with disabilities and those pushing prams.

Parking correctly

You should avoid all parking on a pavement and instead park with all four wheels of your vehicle on the road.

Ensure you park in a way which keeps the road clear and allows other vehicles to be able to pass.

Do not double park, which means parking alongside an already parked car.

Do not park in front of a dropped kerb pedestrian crossing. This does not apply to a dropped kerb at a driveway.

Enforcement in Renfrewshire

Councils have been given the powers to enforce the new parking laws.

A Penalty Charge Notice at the national level of £100, reduced to £50 if paid within 14 days, will be issued by Renfrewshire parking attendants.

If your parking obstructs road access, then you may be charged by Police Scotland.

Any street being considered for exemption will be excluded from any enforcement action while under review.

Find out how to report a parking incident.

Pavement parking exemptions

Transport Scotland allows councils to exempt streets from the pavement parking ban in certain circumstances.

Councils can grant exemptions at specific streets:

• where there's not enough space for emergency vehicles to get access without vehicles parking on the pavement
• where there is still at least 1.5metres for pedestrians when a vehicle is parked on the pavement.

Exemption locations

We have assessed all Renfrewshire roads and pavements against this and identified 27 locations for exemption.

This is supported by an equality impact assessment to consider specific safety and accessibility issues. Street-by-street assessment outcomes can be viewed via our interactive lookup tool.

At each location, there will be:

• a minimum pavement width of 1.5m wherever possible
• adequate distance between the exemption location and road junctions or bends
• pavement parking signs and road markings.

Bishopton

• Cawdor Crescent (both sides, from 11 to 31)
• Ettrick Drive (both sides, from 2 to 16)
• Greenock Road (at West Porton Place)
• Morar Crescent (both sides, from 1 to 33)
• Teviot Drive (both sides, from 1 to 9)
• Yarrow Crescent (both sides, from 5 to 49)

Bridge of Weir

• Houston Road (south side of the service road at Elm Road)
• Houston Road (both sides between Warlock Road and Freeland Drive)
• Warlock Road (east side, from 34 Warlock Road to 2 Castle Road)

Elderslie

• Glenpatrick Road (east side, from 11 to 86)

Johnstone

• Burns Drive (from 2 to 42, 52 to opposite 63, 17 to 21, and 33 to 69)
• Graham Street (north side, from 32 to 42)
• Hagg Place (from 1 to 7)

Kilbarchan

• The Grove (entire road)
• Low Barholm (south side, from 12 to 26)

Langbank

• Middlepenny Road (north side, from 18 to 20)

Linwood

• Kintyre Avenue (south side from 25 to 73, and north side from 75 to 262)

Lochwinnoch

• Newton of Barr (north side, from 8 to 30)

Paisley

• Andrews Street (north side, between Caledonia Street and Albion Street)
• Arkleston Road (both sides, from 95 to 129)
• Blythswood Drive (south side, between Caledonia Street and Albion Street)
• Mote Hill Road (west side, from 20 to 24)
• Penilee Road (both sides, between Auchmannoch Avenue and Kinpurnie Road)
• Todholm Crescent (north side, from 2 to 24)

Renfrew

• Beechwood Drive (north side, from 1 to 49)
• East Avenue (north side, from 1 to 7)
• West Avenue (north side, from 1 to 7)

Consulting on the exemption order

The feedback period consulting on exemption of these locations is closed. We considered this feedback against the Transport Scotland Guidance.

Future requests for pavement parking exemptions

Our transport team can be contacted about future requests to consider a location for exemption.

Contact us about the new parking rules

You can contact us about pavement parking and the new rules by emailing us at ei@renfrewshire.gov.uk or by phoning us on 0300 300 0380.