You can read Suffolk County Council's statement on our website.
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You can read Suffolk County Council's statement on our website.
Advisory disabled parking bays are marked as white lines on a public residential road.
These bays give parking spaces for Blue Badge holders close to their home if:
Any Blue Badge holder can use an advisory disabled parking bay if they display their Blue Badge.
Suffolk County Council will not be able to prevent non-Blue Badge holders parking in these bays as they are advisory markings.
Find out more information about the Blue Badge scheme on GOV.UK.
You can apply for a new advisory disabled parking bay or apply to renew existing advisory disabled parking bay markings if:
*You will need to send one of these documents along with your application, which shows the same address as the application address:
An advisory disabled parking bay location must:
*If you want to request for a parking bay on housing association or private land, you should refer to the land owner. They would have to both approve and fund the marking.
To apply for a new or request renewal of an existing advisory disabled parking bay, please:
Send your application form and copy of DVLA vehicle registration document or proof of Motability vehicle to customer.services@suffolk.gov.uk or:
Customer Services, Suffolk County Council, First Floor, 54 Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1ADWe recommend you keep copies of the completed application form and send copies (not originals) of accompanying documents for future reference as we will destroy the supporting documents you send us once we have examined them.
If you need further help, you can contact us using webchat or email us at customer.services@suffolk.gov.uk.
When we receive your application, we will check that:
We recommend you keep copies of the completed application form and send copies (not originals) of accompanying documents for future reference as we will destroy the supporting documents you send us once we have examined them.
We apologise that it is taking significantly longer than the 8 weeks quoted in the application form to respond to applications. This is due to budget changes in this financial year and we have had to find funds to deliver this service, which is provided at no cost to the applicant. However, we are now processing applications as a high priority. We will write to you with the outcome of our assessment.
If we approve your application, it can take up to 12 months between an application being approved and a parking bay being marked on the road, though sometimes it can take longer.
If Suffolk Highways is planning to undertake any work at the application address within the following 12 months, we will suggest that the markings should not be laid until that work takes place.
If an existing advisory disabled parking bay is removed following roadworks, including roadworks undertaken by a utility company, a new application will be required.
However, Suffolk Highways accepts no responsibility for replacement of the marking should it become faded or covered by third party roadworks such as those carried out by utilities companies and you will be responsible for applying for the marking to be replaced.
Sometimes Suffolk Highways may not be able to approve an advisory disabled parking bay application because of local planning or traffic considerations. This may be the case even if the application meets the criteria.
If your application is unsuccessful, we will outline the reason(s) why the application has not been agreed in writing.
We reserve the right to refuse to implement/renew the marking where we do not think it is suitable or where it is suspected that it will cause tensions within communities. Similarly, we can remove the marking should it be shown to cause community tensions.
If you disagree with our decision, you can write to us setting out the reason(s) why you consider that we have not applied the criteria correctly.
You can do this by emailing customer.services@suffolk.gov.uk or writing to:
Suffolk Highways, Safety & Speed Management Team, Phoenix House, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5NPWe will review your application in light of the reason(s) you have put forward and we will write to you again following further consideration.
As the bay is available for anyone who has a Blue Badge, we will not automatically remove the marking.
If we are resurfacing the road, we will check our records to see whether the original applicant still needs the bay. If they do not, we will cover the bay with new surfacing. Otherwise, we will let the markings fade and disappear.
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