Report parking issues

Your local council is responsible for the enforcement of parking offences. The Police will only deal with vehicles causing a hazard or obstruction.

Before you report a parking issue or offence, make sure you have as many of the following details about the vehicle as possible:

Report parking offences

Your local council is responsible for dealing with vehicles if they have parked:

on double yellow lines
on single yellow lines outside the permitted hours (check signs for times)
in a space for Blue Badge holders or in a residential parking bay (unless they are entitled to do so)
in a marked taxi bay, cycle lane, bus lane or on a red line
near a school entrance with mandatory School Keep Clear markings or a bus stop

To report an illegally parked vehicle, contact your local council.

You should report a vehicle to us if it is causing an obstruction or hazard by:

parking in a dangerous position such as on zig zag lines or other pedestrian crossings
parking opposite or within ten metres of a junction
parking over a dropped kerb
blocking a road or pavement which causes pedestrians to enter the road
preventing you from being able to park or get your vehicle off your driveway (try to find the owner and ask them to move the vehicle, before reporting)
preventing emergency vehicles from accessing an area

You can report a vehicle causing an obstruction: