Private property residential owners are also not allowed to charge visitors to park across a dropped kerb outside their property. If a property owner tries to charge you, or you see a similar parking spot appear on a driveway rental parking app, avoid parking there.
If you do decide to park, just be considerate to wheelchair users, pushchairs or other pedestrians who might require a lowered kerb to cross the road. If in doubt, park somewhere else.
Deliveries
If you are delivering, collecting, loading or unloading goods then you are permitted to park in front of a dropped kerb. You must not be parked for any longer than necessary and is only allowed if this action cannot be done in any other reasonable way.
Emergency services, roadworks, waste collection and repair work
Needless to say, the ambulance service, fire brigade and police are allowed to park in front of dropped kerbs when attending an emergency situation.
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Waste collection services, highway maintenance and utilities teams like gas, electricity, water and communications companies may also park in front of a dropped kerb. As with delivery drivers, the vehicle must not be parked in front of a dropped kerb for any longer than necessary and is only permitted if there’s no other reasonable way to perform the relevant services.
Driveways without a dropped kerb
Parking in busy residential areas can be difficult at the best of times, so some people might decide to convert their front garden into a driveway or an extra parking spot.
