Residents' parking permits

We operate residents' parking schemes in Bromyard, Colwall, Hereford, Ledbury, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye. These schemes give residents and their visitors a better chance of parking close to where they live or are visiting.

Apply for a resident parking permit

Dropped kerbs

A dropped kerb is where the kerb is lowered from its normal height and the pavement or verge is reconstructed to strengthen it to take the weight of the vehicle driving across it to give access to a property. You need to get permission to do this.

Apply for a dropped kerb

If someone is parked across your driveway

If someone has parked across your driveway where the kerb has been lowered to meet the road, we may be able to provide enforcement.

• If the vehicle has been parked and blocks your dropped kerb access, so the driveway cannot be safely used for its intended purpose. The vehicle must be blocking the driveway and parked adjacent to the lowered kerb, not just parked inconsiderately

And

• The occupier of the property has not given permission for the vehicle to park there

And

• The vehicle is not parked within a marked parking space

You can contact the parking team on 01432 260974 and, if a civil enforcement officer is available and nearby, we will contact them to attend (this may not be possible in all circumstances).

Please note that before any enforcement action can take place, the occupier of the property will need to sign the officer's pocket book to confirm that permission has not been granted for the vehicle to obstruct the driveway.

For other dropped kerbs, such as pedestrian crossing points, civil enforcement officers will enforce these as part of their normal patrol routes. You do not need to contact the parking team to report these incidents.

Parking restrictions on my street

Civil enforcement officers can only enforce streets where there are parking restrictions such as resident permits and yellow lines.

The process for introducing parking restrictions is not short, but initially involves taking your proposal to your local councillor who, if supporting your case, can take it forward to the traffic team.

For further information see the traffic regulation orders page.

Any such request has more chance of success if you have the support of your neighbours because although one person may want parking restrictions, others may oppose it.