AQW 50133/22-27

Ms Kate Nicholl
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 01/07/2026
Answered On Date: 08/07/2026
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her proposed legislation to address inconsiderate pavement parking will include similar restrictions on parking one or more wheel on the pavement, as is the case in London and Scotland.

Answer:

My officials are taking forward work to develop the necessary legislation to introduce a blanket ban across the North on parking a vehicle wholly on the footway, parking across dropped kerbs and double parking. It is my aim to introduce these changes in the latter part of 2026, subject to the legislative process.

The proposed legislation will not extend my Department’s enforcement powers to cases where a vehicle is parked partially on a footway and causing an obstruction where no parking restrictions are marked on the carriageway. Responsibility for these cases will remain with the PSNI.