Access Protection (White ‘H’) Markings
Parking across any dropped kerb provided to allow access to premises or as a pedestrian crossing point is an offence, and a vehicle parked in this way will be liable to receive a Penalty Charge Notice (parking ticket). Whilst Access Protection ‘H’ markings are not required to enforce this offence, it may be appropriate in some instances to provide an advisory ‘H’ marking which highlights the dropped kerb and acts as an additional deterrent to drivers. Usually these will be locations where the presence of an access is not clearly evident to road users for some reason.
Parking across a private access onto public highway where there is no dropped kerb is still an offence but this can only be enforced by the police, and not the Authority’s own staff.
For a private access to be considered for a new ‘H’ marking, it must clearly be used as an access onto the highway. Evidence should be provided that the access is regularly being obstructed. There is a charge for these markings, details are available in the fees and charges pages on the Council’s website.
Please note that newly-constructed accesses may require planning permission and a licence to allow vehicles to cross the footway.