Parking Enforcement
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is responsible for enforcing off-street parking for example pay and display car parks, goods loading areas and business permit bays.
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Parking responsibilities
Some things to remember, don't park:
- across the lines of a marked bay.
- in reserved bays without the appropriate permit/badge
- in limited waiting areas longer than specified
- across a dropped kerb
- on single or double yellow lines
- in designated residents’ parking areas without a valid permit
The council is not responsible for vehicles parked:
- in supermarkets and retail parks
- at the Railway Station
- in the Hospital car parks
- in Festival Place
- on trunk roads in the district or on the M3 motorway
- on the public highway if there are no parking restrictions in place
- in private developments or housing association parking areas
- any on-street restrictions such as yellow lines or resident's parking areas
General parking enforcement information
The Basingstoke town centre area is a controlled parking zone. All single yellow line restrictions within this zone apply between 8am and 7pm, Monday to Saturday. Signs indicating the start and end of the controlled zone are located at all entry and exit points of the zone.
Civil Enforcement Officers (CEOs) patrol Basingstoke and Deane streets and car parks (including rural areas such as Overton, Whitchurch, Kingsclere and Tadley), to ensure that parking and waiting restrictions are being complied with.
A penalty charge notice (PCN) is issued by the council’s CEOs when it is believed a vehicle is parked in contravention of parking or waiting restrictions. A PCN requires payment of a penalty charge, but does not result in a criminal record or points on a driving licence.
Please refer to the attachment below for details of the council’s policy on civil parking enforcement.
What to do if you get a penalty charge notice
Find further information on how to pay or how to appeal against a PCN.
Find out how to make a further appeal to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal if we reject your initial appeal. There is no charge for appealing to the Adjudication Service.
Annual parking report
The Department for Transport guidance issued under the Traffic Management Act 2004 requires that enforcement authorities produce an annual report on their parking enforcement activities.
