Date set for pavement parking enforcement in South Ayrshire
An initial four week 'warning' period will take place
Parking on a pavement is to be outlawed in South Ayrshire from the end of March.
The council will implement its pavement parking enforcement from March 31st, following in line with many other local authorities including North Ayrshire.
Initially, parking attendants will issue warning notices for four weeks, with the date for issuing fines set at April 28th, 2025.
A report readied for a cabinet meeting on January 21st to rubber stamp the policy reads: "Whilst there has been significant progress made, the original target implementation date of October 28, 2024, has not been met.
"As things stand, it is anticipated that the exemption order will be prepared and ready for consultation and advertising by February 28, 2025.
"Thereafter, full implementation of the exemption order is not expected to be achieved until September 30, 2025.
"However, it should be noted that the commencement of pavement parking enforcement is not dependent upon the aforementioned exemption order process.
"It is proposed to commence a phased approach to pavement parking enforcement from March 31, 2025.
"Parking attendants will be tasked with issuing warning notices for an initial four-week period, prior to the commencement of official enforcement commencing April 28, 2025."
South Ayrshire Council has received £34,600 from the Scottish Government to support the implementation of the rules.
Nearby North Ayrshire brought in £228,500 from penalty charge notice tickets, between November and when it began on April 15th last year.
Pavement parking was the most common offence committed across the county - with a total of 1,374 accounting for nearly a quarter of all fines handed out.
When brought in for South Ayrshire, only one street in the whole of the authority has been categorised as exempt from the restrictions.
This is Stonefield Park in Ayr, as cars parking on the road here would not allow sufficient space for emergency vehicles to drive past.
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