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• Thank you for reporting a fault. Officers will now investigate the concerns and this may take up to 5 working days. If you believe that your concerns are urgent then please phone us.

  State changed to: Investigating

  Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 15:06, Fri 29 November 2024

• Investigation: Completed (No Action Necessary) - For more information about our services, please visit https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/ parking-roads-and-transport
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  Thank you for your enquiry. Regrettably, without parking restrictions in place e.g., double yellow lines, West Northamptonshire Council no longer consider installing ‘No Parking’ , or ‘Keep off the Grass Verge’ type signs to be effective which are purely advisory and have no legal significance. It is unfortunate but we do not have the financial resources to continually reinstate grass verges on the basis that they may look unsightly and as such we are unable to consider remedial works such as bollards, hard-standing or other preventative measures and will only intervene in exceptional circumstances, where the problem has become a safety concern to either road users or pedestrians. If the verge becomes damaged to the point that it is considered to be a safety concern then this can be reinstated through our maintenance programme. The issue with this is that it will soon become damaged again if vehicles continue to overrun the verge.

  It is not an offence in law to park a motor vehicle, other than a heavy goods vehicle, on a grass verge unless it causes an obstruction or a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) / byelaw is in force prohibiting it. Requests for posts, bollards or signs to be erected to protect the verge in order to stop parking will not be considered except on safety grounds to persons using the highway or to self-enforce an existing TRO. Although there is no blanket prohibition of parking on verges, a particular incident of verge parking may be considered dangerous or obstructive and therefore constitute a criminal offence which would need to be investigated, and enforcement action taken by the Police.

  We appreciate this may not be the response you were hoping for, but It is often a difficult balance to maintain the verges to the standards expected, as once they are reinstated, they will soon become damaged when vehicles are forced to overrun them due to pinch points created by parked vehicles or the inherent layout of the carriageway which was not designed for today’s traffic movements.

  State changed to: No further action

  Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 14:31, Fri 13 December 2024