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Civil Enforcement Off-Street Parking Places Order 2026

Bassetlaw District Council (hereinafter called “the Council”) in exercise of its powers under Sections 32, 35(1), 35(3), 35A and 35B and 124(1) and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended (“the 1984 Act”), and of all other enabling powers, with the consent of the Nottinghamshire County Council in accordance with section 39(3) of the 1984 Act and after consultation with the Chief Constable of the Nottinghamshire Constabulary in accordance with Part III of Schedule 9 to the 1984 Act hereby makes the following Order.

Contents

Part 1: General

Commencement and Citation

This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of April 2026 and may be cited as the Bassetlaw District Council (Civil Enforcement Off-Street Parking Places) Order 2026.

Interpretation

This Order, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings respectively assigned to them:

“Authorised Person” means any person authorised in writing by the Council for the purposes of any function under the provisions of this Order.

“2004 Act” means the Traffic Management Act 2004 (as amended)

“Bank Holiday” has the same meaning as described in the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971. The first Monday of May shall be treated as if it were a Bank Holiday for the purposes of this Order.

“Charging Days” means those days specified at each Parking Place other than Christmas Day and Easter Sunday.

“Charging Hours” means the period as specified at each Parking Place on all charging days.

“Council” means Bassetlaw District Council or its successor authority and includes any parking services contractors or authorised person appointed by or acting on behalf of the Council for the purposes of any function under the provisions of this Order.

“Electric Vehicle” means:

  1. a vehicle powered only by electricity. The vehicle is charged by an external power source and incorporates regenerative braking; or 
  2.  a vehicle which combines a battery, electric drive motor and an internal combustion engine (ICE) and the ability to charge the battery from an external power source. The vehicle can be driven by the ICE, the electric drive motor or both together.

“Electric Charging Point” means apparatus installed within a Parking Place to facilitates the recharging of an Electric Vehicle by way of connection of a power lead from an Electric Charging Point

“Electric Vehicle Parking Bays” means any Parking Bay which has been designated or is at the Council’s discretion, hereafter designated for use by Electric Vehicles in order to recharge by using the Electric Charging Point adjacent to the Parking Bay designated for such use. An Electric Vehicle Parking Bay shall be defined as designated for such use by tarmac line markings and or symbols and signage adjacent to the Electric Vehicle Parking Bay indicating the Parking Bay is designated for the sole use of an Electric Vehicle.

“Free period” means a period of parking for which a Voucher (free parking ticket) must be obtained but for which there is no charge as specified on site and which is specified in the Schedule of Parking Places as being at a charge of £0.00.

“Goods Vehicle” has the same meaning as that ascribed to it in Schedule 6 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (‘RTA 1988’)

“Loading/Unloading” refers to when a Vehicle is parked wholly in a Parking Place or Parking Bay marked for that purpose on site, for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or merchandise or loading or unloading the Vehicle at premises adjacent to the Parking Place or Parking Bay and the Vehicle does not park for more than twenty minutes or such longer period as a duly authorised officer of the Council may authorise.

“Loading Bay” means an area of a Parking Place which is provided for the temporary parking of Vehicles of a class specified and indicated by markings on the surface of the Parking Place or signed or otherwise indicated by notices in the Parking Place for the purpose of Loading and Unloading of Goods.

“Motorcycle” refers to a solo motorcycle only and excludes any motorcycle which has a side-car or trailer, or which has more than two wheels.

“Owner” in relating to a Vehicle means the person who is recorded as the registered keeper by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency on the date on which the Vehicle was left in the Parking Place in question.

Park and Parked mean to cause or permit a Vehicle to wait, whether attended or unattended, for any purpose other than that of picking up or setting down passengers, loading or unloading goods (where permitted), and a Vehicle shall be deemed to be Parked for any period during which any part of that Vehicle or its load is within a Parking Place or Parking Bay, whether or not the Vehicle is moved during that period.

“Parking Bay” means an area of a Parking Place, which is provided for the leaving of a Vehicle or a class specified and indicated by markings on the surface of the Parking Place or signed or otherwise indicated by signs in the Parking Place.

“Parking Permit” means any type of permit or virtual permit of a type and design issued by the Council, for the purpose of authorising parking in accordance with the provisions of this Order and included the following:

“Parking Permit (Middletons Yard Car Park)” means a permit issued to Businesses or Middleton’s Yard of a type and design issued by the Council authorising use of the Middleton’s Yard Car Park Car Park.

“Parking Permit (Foys Building Car Park)” means a permit issued to Council Staff, Visitors, Businesses or Residents in the vicinity of the Foys Building car park of a type and design issued by the Council authorising use of the Foys Building Car Park.

“Parking Permit (Queens Building Employee and Courtyard Car Park)” means a permit issued to Council Staff, Visitors in the vicinity of Queens Building Employee and Courtyard Car Park of a type and design issued by the Council authorising use of the Queens Building Employee and Courtyard Car Park

Parking Permit (“Spa Common Residents Parking Area”) Visitors, or Residents in the vicinity of the Spa Common Residents Parking Area of a type and design issued by the Council authorising use of the Spa Common Residents Parking Area

“Parking Place” means an area of land shown on the Plans and provided by the Council pursuant to Section 32(1) or 35 of the 1984 Act for the purpose of Vehicle parking and not closed (in part or in whole) by a notice sign or barrier erected or displayed thereon by authority of the Council.

“Parking Ticket” means a ticket receipt for payment of the appropriate parking charge (if any) purchased or obtained in accordance with Part III of this Order.

“Pay and Display” means for the purpose of this Order a type of Parking Place where upon parking the Vehicle in a Parking Bay and prior to leaving the Parking Place a Pay and Display Ticket must be purchased or Electronic Payment must be made at the appropriate level of charge (if any) or a Voucher obtained for any Free Period in accordance with the scale of charges specified at that Parking Place and specified in the Schedule of Parking Places, as described this Order.

“Pay and Display Ticket” means a ticket issued by a Ticket Machine located in the Parking Place in which the Vehicle has been left or a ticket issued by a person nominated by the Council in accordance with this Order on payment of a charge and valid for a parking period as advertised at that Parking Place and specified in the Schedule to this Order as amended from time to time. The Pay and Display Ticket must be displayed prominently on the Vehicle, where appropriate, in accordance with this Order.

“Voucher” means a free parking ticket obtained for a Free Period and issued by a Ticket machine located in the Parking Place in which the Vehicle has been left or a free parking ticket issued by a person nominated by the Council and valid for a parking period as specified at that Parking Place and specified in the Schedule of Parking Places in accordance with Article 3.3 of this Order. The Voucher must be displayed prominently on the Vehicle, where appropriate, in accordance with Article 3.5 of this Order.

“Pay on Foot/Pay on Exit” means a type of Parking Place where an entry ticket is taken at the entry barrier to access the Parking Place. Prior to leaving the Parking Place, this Ticket is then inserted into a Ticket Machine located in the Parking Place and the correct payment for time parked in the Parking Place is made. The Ticket machine produces an exit ticket,

“Penalty Charge” means the amount payable, set by the Council under Section 77 of part 6 and schedule 9 of the 2004 Act, which is to be paid to the Council following the issue of a Penalty Charge Notice and within the period notified on the Penalty Charge Notice, from the date of issue of that notice;. 1.2.31 “Penalty Charge Notice” means a notice issued by or served by an Authorised Officer pursuant to the provisions of The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) General Regulations 2007. 1.2.32 “Plans” means the plans annexed to this Order at Schedule of Plans, which identify the Parking Places affected by this Order.

“Public Holiday” means Christmas Day, Good Friday and any other day designated by the Government as a public holiday.

“Relevant Position” means:

(a) in respect of a Vehicle displaying a valid Disabled Person’s Badge

  1. in the case of a Vehicle fitted with a dashboard or fascia panel, the badge is exhibited thereon so that Part 1 (the front of the badge), is legible from outside the Vehicle; or
  2. in the case of a Vehicle not fitted with a dashboard or fascia panel, the badge is exhibited in a conspicuous position on the Vehicle so that Part 1 of the badge is legible from outside the Vehicle.

(b) in respect of a Vehicle displaying a Pay and Display Ticket or Parking Permit

  1. the ticket or permit is exhibited on the inside surface of the windscreen or in a clearly visible position so that it is facing forwards (so that the front of the ticket showing the date, time of expiry and amount paid can be easily seen and read from outside of the Vehicle); or
  2. in the case of a Vehicle that is not fitted with a transparent windscreen, the ticket or permit is exhibited on the front of the Vehicle facing forwards (so that the front of the ticket showing the date, time of expiry and amount paid is clearly visible).

(c) in respect of a Vehicle displaying a Hackney Carriage Plate:

  1. the plate must be affixed to the Vehicle in accordance with the instructions given within the licence as issued by Bassetlaw District Council.

“Schedule of Parking Places” means a schedule of Parking Places, locations, times of use of the said Parking Places, parking tariffs and charges including Free Periods (if any) attached to this Order as may be amended or varied from time to time.

“Specified Proportion” means such proportion, applicable to all cases where a Penalty Charge Notice has been issued, as may be determined by the Local Authorities acting through the Joint Committee of the National Parking Adjudication Service or any such successor organisation carry out the same function and as advertised at each Parking Place.

“Ticket Machine” means an apparatus of a type and design approved by the appropriate Minister for the purpose of this Order, being apparatus designed to indicate the time by a clock and to issue parking tickets which show that a payment has been made of an amount or for a period specified thereon and which specify the date and, either the time of such payment, or the time at which the Vehicle must leave the Parking Place.

“Vehicle” means any motorcar, Motorcycle or other mechanically propelled automobile.

Except where the context requires otherwise, any reference in this Order to a numbered Article shall be construed as a reference to the Article bearing that number in this Order and any reference to a plan is a reference to the Plans incorporated into this Order.

Any reference in this Order to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, applied, consolidated, re-enacted by or as having effect by virtue of any subsequent enactment. Unless the context otherwise requires words denoting the singular shall include the plural and vice versa and words denoting persons shall include either gender, bodies corporate, unincorporated associations and partnerships.

The Interpretation Act 1978 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the Interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

Part 2: Designation and Use of Parking Places

Designation

Each area of land or buildings, as shown on the Plans to this Order, may be used, subject to the provisions of this Order, as a place to leave Vehicles of such classes, in such positions, on such days, during such hours, for such period and on payment of such charges as are advertised at each Parking Place and are specified in the Schedule to this Order as amended from time to time.

Where by notice at a Parking Place, a Parking Place is described as available for Vehicles or a specified class or Vehicles to be left in a specified location, no person shall permit a Vehicle to park in that Parking Place or as the case may be in any Parking Bay within the Parking Place:

  1. unless it is of the specified class:
  2. that is parked beyond the Parking Bay markings; or
  3. in a position other than that specified.
  4. For a purpose other than provided for in the Order.

Disabled person's parking bays

No person shall cause or permit a Vehicle to park in a Parking Bay marked for disabled persons unless the Vehicle displays a valid Disabled Person’s Badge in the Relevant Position and unless the Vehicle has been or is about to be used by the person(s) in respect of whom the Disabled Person’s Badge has been issued either immediately before or immediately after the act of parking. Where required the Vehicle shall also display the Disabled Person’s Badge clock in accordance with local regulations.

Position of Vehicle 

If Parking Bays are marked out in a Parking Place the Driver of a Vehicle shall ensure that it is not Parked beyond the Parking Bay markings and shall not permit it to wait in that Parking Place unless it is so positioned.

If Parking Bays are not marked out in a Parking Place the Driver of a Vehicle shall ensure that it is positioned so that it does not obstruct other Vehicles using the Parking Place, the free flow of traffic circulating within the Parking Place and the entrances to and exits from the Parking Place. In such cases the Driver must adhere to any instructions from an Authorised Officer.

Taxi Ranks

No person shall cause or permit a Vehicle to park in a Parking Bay marked for Taxis unless the Vehicle displays a valid Hackney Carriage plate issued by Bassetlaw District Council in the Relevant Position.

Loading and Unloading Bays

No person shall cause or permit a Vehicle to park in a Parking Bay marked as a Loading Bay unless the Vehicle is being used for the purpose of Loading or Unloading.

Motorcycle Parking Bays

No person shall cause or permit a Vehicle to park in a Parking Bay marked for Motorcycles unless the Vehicle is a Motorcycle.

Nothing in this Order shall prevent the Council by notice, sign or barrier displayed in a Parking Place:

  1. from closing a Parking Place or any part thereof for any period; and/or
  2. from suspending the use of a Parking Place or any part thereof by setting aside a Parking Place or any part or parts thereof on all days or on certain days or during certain parts of days for use only by particular Vehicles or organisations.

Any person closing or suspending the use of a Parking Place or any part thereof in accordance with the provisions of Article 2.9 shall thereupon place or cause to be placed in or adjacent to that Parking Place or that part thereof a notice or sign indicating that the use of that Parking Place or that part thereof is closed or suspended and that parking by Vehicles is prohibited.

No person shall cause or permit a Vehicle to be left in a Parking Place or any part thereof during such periods that the use of that Parking Place or that part thereof is closed or suspended or during such period as there is in or adjacent thereto a notice or sign placed by or on behalf of the Council in pursuance of Article 2.9.

No person shall while a Vehicle is in a Parking Place use the Parking Place for any purpose other than parking the Vehicle, boarding or alighting from the Vehicle or taking articles out of or into the Vehicle and in particular but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of this Article no person shall:

  1. Carry out any work of construction overhauling cleaning or repair in respect of the Vehicle except as may be necessary to enable the Vehicle to be moved from the Parking Place;
  2. Use a Vehicle whilst it is in a Parking Place in connection with the sale of any article (including the Vehicle itself) to persons in or near the Parking Place or in connection with the selling or offering for hire of his or another person’s skills or service in any capacity, unless with the express written permission of the Council.
  3. Except with the permission of an Authorised Officer of the Council drive any Vehicle in a Parking Place other than for the purpose of leaving that Vehicle in the Parking Place or for the purpose of departing from the Parking Place in accordance with the provisions of this Order.

Maximum Period of Stay

Where a Parking Place is described by a notice displayed within it or in the Schedule to this Order as amended from time to time as being available for use on specified days during specified hours or as being available for use for a maximum period of stay no person shall permit a Vehicle to park in that Parking Place on any day during such hours or for any period longer than that specified.

Period of no return

Where in the Schedules to this Order and by notice at a parking place, a Parking Place is described as having a period within which a Vehicle may not return to the Parking Place, no person shall cause or permit a Vehicle to be parked again in that parking place on any day, during such hours within which the Vehicle is excluded from waiting in the Parking Place.

Parked with engine running

The Driver of a motor Vehicle using a Parking Place shall stop the engine as soon as the Vehicle is in position in the Parking Bay and shall not start the engine except when about to change the position of the Vehicle in or to depart from the Place.

Parked causing an obstruction

The Driver of a Vehicle using a Parking Place shall not park the Vehicle in such a manner or place where it causes an obstruction to any other users of the Parking Place.

Sale of Goods

No person shall in a Parking Place without the express written permission of the Council, use a Vehicle, or anything towed by the Vehicle, in connection with the sale of any article, including the Vehicle itself, to any person in or near the parking place or in connection with any exhibition or the selling or offering for hire of skill or services in any other capacity and no vehicle shall be advertised for sale while it is standing in a Parking Place.

Electric vehicle parking pays

No person shall cause or permit a Vehicle to park in an Electric Vehicle Parking Bay within a Parking Place or wait for any period in a Parking Bay designated for such use unless the Vehicle is an Electric Vehicle connected by electric power lead to an adjacent Electric Charging Point consuming an electrical charge and is being charged or recharged continually throughout the period within which the Electric Vehicle is parked or waiting within that Parking Bay.

Only Electric Vehicles shall be permitted in an Electric Vehicle Parking Bay.

Part 3: Charges for Parking

Payment

The Driver of a Vehicle using a Pay and Display Parking Place shall upon parking the Vehicle in the Parking Place pay the appropriate charge (if any) or make payment by Electronic Payment method in accordance with the scale of current charges as advertised on site and specified in the Schedule of Parking Places from time to time. Where a Free Period of parking is specified on site and specified in the Schedule of Parking Places for which a Voucher (free parking ticket) is required a Voucher must be obtained but for which there is no charge as specified on site and which is specified in the Schedule of Parking Places as being at a charge of £0.00.

Pay on Exit / Pay on Foot Parking Place

The Driver of a Vehicle using a Pay on Exit/Pay on Foot Parking Place shall upon arriving at the Parking Place take a Parking Ticket from the Ticket Machine to establish the time of entry at the Parking Place and shall on return to the Vehicle prior to exit pay the appropriate fee at the Pay on Foot Ticket Machine or pay the attendant or an Authorised Officer on duty or a person nominated by the Council as the case may be at the exit point a parking fee at the level of charge and for the period required in accordance with the scale of charges advertised at that Parking Place and specified in the Schedule of parking Places.

Pay and Display Parking Places

The Driver of a Vehicle using a Pay and Display Parking Place, or any Parking Bay within the Pay and Display Parking Place shall immediately upon parking the Vehicle in a Parking Bay and prior to leaving the Parking Place shall:

purchase a Pay and Display Ticket at the level of charge and for the period required in accordance with the scale of charges as advertised at that Parking Place and specified in the Schedule of Parking Places; or  make arrangements to pay the Daily Charge through Electronic Payment, at the level of charge and for the period required in accordance with the scale of charges as advertised at that Parking Place and specified in the Schedule of Parking Places.

Means of payment 

The charges (if any) referred to in Articles 3.1 and 3.2 shall be payable in the manner as advertised at that Parking Place or by payment to a person nominated by the Council.

Display of Parking Ticket or Voucher

Save for payment by Electronic Payment method, once a Vehicle has been parked within a Pay and Display Parking Place the Driver of the Vehicle shall:

ensure that a valid Pay and Display Ticket has been obtained and displayed at all times the Vehicle is parked, to cover the entire period that the Vehicle is parked in the Parking Place, and display the Pay and Display Ticket or Voucher issued at that Parking Place in the Relevant Position on the Vehicle in respect of which it was issued.

Validity of Pay and Display Tickets

A Pay and Display Ticket is not transferable from one Vehicle to another and on transfer the ticket ceases to be valid.

A Pay and Display Ticket is valid only in the Pay and Display Parking Place in which it was issued. This is defined by the reference code of the Ticket Machine located in that Parking Place printed on the Pay and Display Ticket or Voucher.

Expiry of parking period

The expiry of the period for which a charge for the use of a Parking Place as advertised at the Parking Place and specified in the Schedule to this Order as amended from time to time has been paid (as advertised at the Parking Place) shall be indicated when there is exhibited on the Vehicle a Pay and Display Ticket and the expiry date and time printed on the Pay and Display Ticket is earlier than the date and time displayed on the clock of the issuing Ticket Machine, or where payment has been made by Electronic payment method and the time period for which payment has been made and recorded is obtained and that period is earlier than the date and time displayed on the clock of the Ticket Machine.

No Pay and Display Ticket displayed 

If at any time whilst a Vehicle is left in a Pay and Display Parking Place no Pay and Display Ticket is displayed on that Vehicle in the Relevant Position and in accordance with the provisions of Article 3.6 or where Electronic Payment is in operation and this system confirms non-payment or expiry of time purchased by Electronic Payment method it shall be deemed that the charge (if any) has not been paid or an appropriate or an appropriate Parking Ticket, Electronic Payment or Voucher has not been obtained.

If at the time when a Vehicle is left during the Charging Hours in a Pay and Display Parking Place and on the nearest Ticket Machine in that Parking Place there is a notice placed by any person duly authorised by the Council indicating that the said Ticket Machine is out of order then a Parking Ticket or Voucher shall be obtained from another Ticket Machine within the same Parking Place (where another Ticket Machine is so provided) or obtained from a person nominated by the Council to issue such tickets or by use of the Electronic Payment method (where this facility is available). Otherwise, Article 3.12 shall prevail where there is no Ticket Machine or all Ticket Machines are out of order, whether signed as such or not, or where no person has been so nominated by the Council. Where no valid Pay and Display Ticket, Voucher or Electronic Payment method can be obtained and or displayed pursuant to the circumstances described in Article 3.11, Vehicles may be left in a Parking Place but may not be left for longer than the maximum period of parking in that Parking Place specified at that Parking Place and specified in the Schedule of parking Places.

Parking Permits 

Parking Permits are available from the Council at the appropriate fee, for a Vehicle of a specific class and for a specific Parking Place subject to terms and conditions determined by the Council.

The Driver shall abide by the terms and conditions stipulated by the Council for the use of the Parking Permit.

A Parking Permit is only valid in the Parking Place in respect of which it was issued and up to the date of expiry shown on the Parking Permit.

A Parking Permit remains the property of the Council and must be surrendered on request. In such instances where a refund fee is appropriate this will be provided in accordance with the Council’s policies.

Display of Parking Permit 

The Driver of the Vehicle shall display the Parking Permit in the Relevant Position on the Vehicle in respect of which it was issued at all times during which the Vehicle is left in the Parking Place.

Electronic permits and decrementing pre-paid cards are exempt from the need to display in a Pay On Foot/Pay on Exit Parking Place. 

Replacement Parking Permits

Damaged or lost Parking Permits will be replaced on application to the Council and on payment of an administration fee. The damaged or lost Parking Permit will then become immediately invalid.

Surrender of Parking Permit 

The holder of an annual Parking Permit shall on surrendering the Parking Permit be entitled to a refund based upon the number of complete months remaining un-expired from the beginning of the calendar month following the date on which the Council receives the surrendered Parking Permit. The refund will be one twelfth of the annual rate for each un-expired calendar month less an administration fee. The Council may accept the transfer of a Parking Permit to a new Vehicle on the surrender of the existing Parking Permit to the Council subject to the relevant administration fee and subject to the procedure stated in the conditions of holding such a permit.

Restriction on removal

When a Pay and Display Ticket or Parking Permit has been exhibited on a Vehicle in the relevant position no person shall remove the Pay and Display Ticket or Parking Permit from the Vehicle until the Vehicle is removed from the Parking Place.

Part 4: Exemptions from Daily Charges

No Daily Charge shall be payable in respect of:

a Vehicle which displays in the relevant position a valid Disabled Person’s Badge provided that:

  1. the Vehicle immediately before or after the act of parking has been used or is about to be used by the person(s) in respect of whom the badge is issued; and
  2. the Vehicle is parked in a Parking Bay marked for use by a Vehicle which displays in the relevant position a valid Disabled Person’s Badge.

a Motorcycle which is parked within a marked parking bay which is indicated by markings on the surface of a Parking Place; or a Vehicle left displaying in a relevant position a valid Parking Permit valid for that Parking Place; or a Vehicle left displaying in a relevant position a valid Voucher valid for that Parking Place in accordance with Article 3.6 and used in association with a Free Period.

An exempt Vehicle may be left in a Parking Place without payment of a Daily Charge, but may not be left for longer than the maximum period of parking in that Parking Place specified at that Parking Place and specified in the Schedule of Parking Places.

Absence of ticket machine 

If at the time when a Vehicle is left in a Parking Place during the Charging Hours there is no Ticket Machine at the Parking Place, or all the Ticket Machines at that Parking Place carry notices placed upon them by a person duly authorised by the Council indicating that they are out of order, the Driver of that Vehicle shall be exempt from purchasing a Pay and Display Ticket. Otherwise, Article 3.12 shall prevail where there is no Ticket Machine or all Ticket Machines are out of order whether signed as such or not.

Payment by Electronic Means

Where arrangements to pay the Daily Charge have been made via Electronic method of payment and no Pay and Display ticket is produced by following the process, the Driver of a Vehicle shall be exempt from the requirement to display such a ticket.

Part 5: Relocation and Removal of Vehicles 

Emergencies 

An Authorised Officer or a Police Constable in uniform may, using such measures as are appropriate, move or cause to be moved in the case of an emergency to any place they think fit, any Vehicle left in a Parking Place.

Contraventions in suspended Parking Place 

An Authorised Officer may, using such measures as are appropriate, move or cause to be moved to any place they thinks fit, any Vehicle parked in a Parking Place which has been closed or suspended in whole or in part by the Council and the cost of movement or removal and safe keeping shall be the liability of the owner of the Vehicle.

Safe keeping 

Any person removing a Vehicle from a Parking Place under Article 5.1 shall make such arrangements as may be reasonably necessary to provide for the safekeeping of the Vehicle.

Disposal of Vehicles abandoned in Parking Places 

The Council may sell or otherwise dispose of, in accordance with current legislation, a Vehicle which has been, or could at any time be, removed from a Parking Place if the vehicle appears to have been abandoned.

Part 6: Liabilities/Penalties

Liability 

The Council accepts no liability for the loss or damage to Vehicles or other property left in any of the Parking Places to which this Order applies save for that arising from the negligence of the Council.

Wilful damage 

Any person who with intent to defraud interferes with the Ticket Machine or operates or attempts to operate it by the insertion of objects other than undamaged and unaltered coins or legal tender and of the appropriate denomination, or other approved method of payment, shall be liable to prosecution.

Any person who causes damage to any Council equipment, signing or lighting installations or other installations within the parking place or to any part of the fabric of the Parking Place shall be liable for the cost of repair of the damage and shall be liable to prosecution.

Driving within parking place 

Where in a Parking Place signs are erected, or surface markings are laid for the purpose of:

indicating the entrance to or exit from the parking place; or indicating that a Vehicle using the parking place shall proceed in a specified direction within the Parking Place,

any person who drives or permits to be driven any Vehicle.

  1. so that it enters the parking place otherwise than by an entrance or leaves the Parking Place otherwise than by an exit, so indicated, or
  2. in a direction other than so specified shall be liable to prosecution 

Any person who, without the permission of an Authorised Officer , drives or permits to be driven any Vehicle in a Parking Place for any purpose other than the purpose of leaving that Vehicle in the Parking Place in accordance with the provisions of this Order or for the purpose of departing from the Parking Place shall be liable to prosecution.

Part 7: Contravention and Penalty Charge

Contravention

If a Vehicle is left in a Parking Place in contravention of any provision of this Order, a contravention shall have occurred.

Penalty Charges

Where a contravention occurs, a Penalty Charge may be payable in accordance with the Traffic Management Act 2004 and regulations made there under. Enforcement Enforcement of this Order shall be carried out in accordance with the Traffic Management Act 2004, the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) General Regulations 2007, the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) Representations and Appeals Regulations 2007, and any statutory instruments amending, replacing or re-enacting those provisions.

Part 8: Disposal of Vehicles

Disposal of Vehicles abandoned in Parking Places

The Council may sell or otherwise dispose of a Vehicle which has been, or could at any time be, removed from a Parking Place pursuant to Article 5.1 if the Vehicle appears to have been abandoned, provided that this power of disposal shall not be exercisable unless the Council has taken such of the following steps as are applicable to the Vehicle in question, and there has elapsed a period of six weeks beginning with the taking of the first of those steps.

Where the Vehicle carries a registration mark the Council shall ascertain from the appropriate body the name and address of the person who is the Registered Keeper of the Vehicle pursuant to the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971, unless the Council is satisfied that the true owner of the Vehicle has identified himself to them.

The Council shall, where by virtue of Articles 8.2, 8.4 and 8.5, it is aware of the name and address of a person who it appears may be the Owner of the Vehicle, send a notice to that person at that address stating that it is the intention of the Council to sell or otherwise dispose of the Vehicle (which shall be sufficiently described in the notice) on or after a specified date (which shall not be less than two weeks from the date of the notice and in any event not earlier than six weeks from the date of the first step taken by the Council under this Part of this Order) unless it is in the meantime removed by or on behalf of that person from such place as is specified by the Council in the said notice or from such place as may be subsequently notified in writing by the Council to that person. If any person to whom a notice is sent in accordance with Article 8.3 informs the Council of the name and address of some other person who he/she alleges may be the Owner of the Vehicle, a notice stating the particulars mentioned in the last preceding Article shall be sent to that other person and to any further person who the Council may in consequence of the sending of the notice to the said other person be led to believe may be the Owner of the Vehicle. Where a Vehicle does not carry a registration mark the first step to be taken by the Council shall be to apply in writing to the Chief Officer of Police in whose area the Parking Place is situated enquiring whom that officer considers is the Owner of the Vehicle and the address of that person. The Council shall then make such further enquiries as to ownership as it thinks fit.

Upon the sale of a Vehicle by the Council, the Council shall apply the proceeds of sale in or towards the satisfaction of any costs incurred by it in connection with the disposal thereof and of any charge or payment to which it is entitled. In the event that any such costs incurred by the Council in connection with the disposal of the Vehicle are not satisfied by virtue of the last preceding Article, the Council may recover those costs from the person who was the Owner of the Vehicle immediately before it was removed from the Parking Place, provided that that person was sent by the Council a notice under Article 8.3. Any sums received by the Council on the sale of a Vehicle shall, after deducting any sum applied by virtue of Article 8.7, be payable within a period of one year from receipt hereof to any person to whom, but for such sale, the Vehicle would have belonged and insofar as any such sums are not claimed within the said period they shall be paid into the General Rate Fund of the Council Where under the foregoing provisions of this Order a notice is required to be or may be sent to a person the notice shall be sent by recorded delivery post.

Part 9: Revocations

The Bassetlaw District Council Civil Enforcement (Off Street Parking Places) Order 2024 is revoked as from the date this Order comes into operation.

EXECUTED AS A DEED by affixing
THE COMMON SEAL of BASSETLAW DISTRICT COUNCIL

In the presence of an authorised officer:

Luke Ridge,
Principal Lawyer (Legal and Licensing). 

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Schedule of Parking Places

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Plans

Last Updated on Wednesday, April 1, 2026