Vehicles Obstructing Access to Property
The police are responsible for enforcing legislation relating to parking across driveways and entrances.
Vehicle causing obstruction
If the vehicle is causing an obstruction you should contact your local police station. You can call Police Scotland on the 101 for non emergency enquiries. Under normal circumstances this will not be regarded as an emergency so it might take some time for the police to get there. In the meantime, some local enquiries with neighbours may help to trace the owner of the vehicle.
Regular Occurrence
The council can provide a white road marking, called an access protection marking (APM), in circumstances where there is a regular occurrence of obstruction caused by drivers who are unfamiliar with the area.
Typically, there needs to be a facility which attracts traffic in the vicinity of your home must be where there is high parking demands (such as a schools, town centres, shopping centres, sports/recreational facilities, churches, libraries and health centres) before a marking will be considered. The marking has no legal significance and is purely intended to alert unfamiliar drivers of the presence of a driveway.
The council will not provide markings where the problem is caused by other residents in the street or where the problem is infrequent.
How to apply for access protection marking
If you would like to apply for an access protection marking, please contact the Road Safety and Traffic Management Team through customer services on 01506 280000.
Once you have made your application a roads inspector will contact the applicant and our inspector will undertake a site inspection to check suitability of the location. On receipt of payment the council will arrange for the APM to be painted at the agreed location.
- As this is a non-statutory, from 1 April 2025 there will be a charge of £150.00 for the assessment of a dropped crossing application (2 site visit charge, before and after installation)
