On-Street Parking Restrictions

Double yellow lines mean no waiting at any time. These waiting restrictions apply to the carriageway, pavement and verge.

You may stop to load or unload as long as there are no loading restrictions in place. These would be indicated by single or double kerb markings.

Vehicles correctly displaying a valid Blue Badge and clock, can park for up to 3 hours.

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Single yellow lines mean no waiting, except it only applies at the times shown on the sign.

These waiting restrictions apply to the carriageway, pavement and verge.

Vehicles correctly displaying a valid Blue Badge and clock can park for up to 3 hours.

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Loading restrictions are shown by yellow lines on the kerb or at the edge of the carriageway. They indicate that loading or unloading is prohibited during the times shown on the signs.

Double yellow kerb markings mean no loading or unloading at any time.

A single yellow kerb marking means no loading or unloading during the times shown on the sign.

Blue Badge holders cannot park where loading restrictions are in effect.

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Loading bays can only be used by vehicles whilst actively loading/unloading.

The activity must be:

• Adjacent: the vehicle must be parked as close as is practicable

• Reasonable: the goods must be of a nature that they cannot be easily carried by hand

• Constant: if you have finished loading/unloading, then you should park in a permitted place.

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Bays may be marked and designated for specific users, such as Blue Badge holders.

You must not park in these parking bays unless you are entitled to do so.

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These bays allow parking for a certain period of time, as specified on the sign.

The restrictions that apply to these bays vary by location.

Vehicles correctly displaying a valid Blue Badge and clock, can park as long as needed.

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A Restricted Parking Zone is an area prohibiting waiting and also loading if also stated on the sign.

The entry sign indicates the times when waiting and loading are prohibited. If there is no panel showing days and times, the zone operates at all times.

Within the zone, you may find signed bays. The rules associated with these will be on signs at the bays.

If a bay within the zone has times, for example, a disabled bay except for Thursdays 6am - 6pm, outside of these times it reverts to a ‘free bay’.

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Some areas are designated as Controlled Parking Zones. The sign may also include ‘no loading’ if this is also prohibited.

The entry sign indicates the times when waiting is prohibited. If there is no panel showing days and times, the zone operates at all times.

The yellow lines within the zone do not normally have yellow plates, indicating the times of the prohibition, unless the times are different from those shown on the entry sign.

Within the zone, you may find signed bays. The rules associated with these will be on the signs at the bays.

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A vehicle must not be parked on the road adjacent to a footway, cycle track or verge, where it has been lowered (or the carriageway raised) to assist pedestrians crossing, or cyclists and motorists entering or leaving the road.

This is subject to the following exceptions, where the vehicle:

• is parked wholly within a designated parking place, therefore permitted

• is parked outside premises by or with the consent of the occupier

• is one being used by the emergency services

• is being used for the delivery of heavy goods or loading or unloading at premises

• is being used for waste collection or for undertaking works nearby.

The exception for loading is given where a vehicle cannot reasonably be parked anywhere else and is parked for no longer than necessary (no more than 5 minutes).

References to parking include waiting, but do not include stopping to allow people to board or alight from a vehicle, or where a vehicle has broken down or has been forced to stop to avoid an accident.

We will not undertake enforcement where a dropped kerb is at the entrance to a private driveway due to the exceptions that apply, unless a report is made and the following information is provided:

• Resident's name and address

• Registration details of the vehicle blocking the dropped kerb

• Confirmation that the vehicle is parked without the permission of the resident.

Attendance will be based on the availability of enforcement officers at the time the report is received.

To report a vehicle parked against a dropped kerb, please email Parking.Enforcement@huntingdonshire.gov.uk