ANNUAL REPORTS ON LOCAL AUTHORITIES’ FUNCTIONS IN RELATION TO PARKING PLACES FOR DISABLED PERSONS’ VEHICLES
REPORTING PERIOD 2025 – 2026
DISABLED PERSONS’ PARKING PLACES (SCOTLAND) ACT 2009
PART 1(1)
Note: Part 1(1)(c) and Part 1(1)(e) are initial duties and will not be reported in the Scottish Ministers’ report.
(a) Duties under Section 1
| Item | Requirement | Response |
|---|---|---|
| Details of action taken in fulfilment of duty under section 1 | The Council continues to identify both on-street and off-street parking places when applications are received. |
(b) Designated Parking Places
| Item | Requirement | Response |
|---|---|---|
| Number of parking places designated as being for use only by a disabled person’s vehicle by virtue of the 2009 Act (excluding Section 9) (April 2025 – March 2026) | 4 |
(d) Duties under Section 5
| Item | Requirement | Response |
|---|---|---|
| (i) | Number of requests received under section 5(1) | 5. |
| (ii) | Number of parking places identified under section 5(2)(b) | 4. |
| (iii) | Reasons for any decision under section 5(3)(a) | One request was for a disabled parking space on an unadopted road maintained by a local housing association. |
| (iv) | Number of parking places for which the procedure under section 5(3)(b) was started. | 4. |
| (v) | Periods between identifying a parking place under section 5(2)(b) and starting the related procedure under section 5(3)(b) (on average) | Between 6 and 18 months due to the low number of requests and committee cycles. |
IMAGE: Page 1 shows the report title, reporting period, Part 1(1) note, and tables covering duties under Sections 1 and 5. It records that the Council identifies on-street and off-street parking places, designated 4 parking places, received 5 requests, and identified 4 parking places under section 5(2)(b).
(f) Duties under Section 7
| Item | Requirement | Response |
|---|---|---|
| (i) | Number of developments for which a planning permission mentioned in section 7(1) was granted. | None. |
| (ii) | Its reasons for any decision under section 7(3) that it would not have the power to make a disabled off-street parking order. | N/A. |
| (iii) | Number of premises that include a parking place for which the Council sought arrangements under section 7(5). | None. |
| (iv) | The reasons why it was unsuccessful in making any such arrangements. | No relevant applications have been made or permission granted. |
| (v) | Number of parking places in relation to which the procedure under section 7(6) was started. | None. |
IMAGE: Page 2 continues the Section 5 table and shows the duties under Section 7 table. It records a period of between 6 and 18 months, no developments with relevant planning permission, no premises for which arrangements were sought, no relevant applications or permissions, and no procedures started under section 7(6).
(g) Duties under Section 8
Relates to disabled off-street parking orders only.
| Item | Requirement | Response |
|---|---|---|
| (i) | Its reasons for any decision under section 8(2) that the Council would not have the power to make a disabled off-street parking order. | No arrangement under Section 33(4). |
| (ii) | Number of premises that include a parking place for which the Council sought arrangements under section 8(4) | None. |
| (iii) | The reasons why it was unsuccessful in making any such arrangements. | No arrangements reached. |
| (iv) | The number of parking places in relation to which the Council started the statutory procedure under section 8(5). | None. |
IMAGE: Page 3 shows the remainder of the Section 7 table and the Section 8 table. It records no premises or parking places associated with the relevant procedures, no relevant applications or permissions, no arrangement under Section 33(4), and no arrangements reached.
(h) Disabled street parking and disabled off-street parking orders
| Item | Requirement | Response |
|---|---|---|
| (i) | The number of such orders the making of which the Council started the statutory procedure in accordance with the 2009 Act | 1. |
| (ii) | The number of parking places designated as being for use only by a disabled person’s vehicle under such an order. | 4. |
| (iii) | In relation to each such order, the period between the start of the statutory procedure and the making of the order. | 12 weeks. 4 weeks statutory consultation, 4 weeks public consultation and 4 weeks to bring the Order into effect. |
| (iv) | In respect of each case in which it started the statutory procedure but did not make the order the reasons why not. | N/A. |
IMAGE: Page 4 shows the table for disabled street parking and disabled off-street parking orders. It records one order, four designated parking places, a 12-week period comprising statutory consultation, public consultation, and bringing the Order into effect, and no cases where an order was not made.
PART 1(2)
| Requirement | Response |
|---|---|
| A report prepared by a local authority under section 11(1)(a) may contain any other information about its performance of its functions in relation to parking places for disabled persons' vehicles during the reporting period that the authority considers appropriate. | N/A. |