Change the law to set a legal minimum size for all car parking bays

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

There is no legal minimum bay size and only "guidance" appears to be set by local councils. This has led to a number of issues affecting drivers including:
-Inappropriate bays "squeezed in" to meet planning requirements
-PCN fines despite the bay size not fit-for-purpose
-Avoidable vehicle damage

Planning regulations often require a certain quantity of parking spaces but while they may also set sizing guidance, they do not enforce this quality (i.e. size) http://bit.ly/2mpKq0P

Which means car park operators issue fines because visually a car may appear to be breaking the rules, despite the fact that the bay itself does not meet the minimum guidance http://bit.ly/2mXiIvk

Car parking incidents now account for more than 30% of all accidents totalling £1.4bn per year http://bit.ly/2n7t6kH

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Amend the planning guidance to increase the minimum size for car parking spaces.

Timeline

14 Mar 2017	Petition opened for signatures
21 Mar 2017	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 21 Mar 2017

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