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Pathetic response from council parking enforcement team

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unbelievablybelievable · 28/01/2026 18:10

I reported dangerous parking outside my child's school earlier today. Parking on the zigzags, parking on the pavement, mounting the pavement while children are walking/cycling, blocking the pavement for push chairs and wheelchairs etc. but particularly dangerous with the parking on zigzags and mounting the pavement.

AIBU to think this is a pathetic response from the council?

*"Thank you for contacting us regarding inconsiderate parking at xxxxxx Primary Academy school. We completed a review of the parking at every school in the county and xxxxxx Primary
Academy school was identified in having lower levels of issues comparted to many other schools in the county. We identified 70 schools with major issues (high priority) and a further 72 that had
significant parking problems (priority). A further 27 schools had issues that were borderline significant(rotational).
With the resources available we do not have capacity to visit xxxxxx Primary Academy school during the school run. We are attending the high priority schools once a week, priority once every 3
weeks and rotational every half term. If there are changes to the parking restrictions, or the school increases in size we will revisit and reassess the location. If there are no changes then we are
not going to review any school during this school year.

Kind Regards
xxxxxx Parking Enforcement Team"*

OP posts:
parietal · 28/01/2026 18:24

Take photos. Complain to your local councillor. Get your school on the priority list.

latetothefisting · 28/01/2026 18:23

Sounds fair enough tbh. What did you expect them to do, abandon all their efforts on the really bad schools and come straight to yours because you should be their priority? If there are over 170 schools where parking is significantly worse than yours, they'd have to have a huge influx of resources to attend every school - would you be willing to pay that much more council tax?

I suppose the only thing you could query is when this 'review' was done, and if a while ago/anything has changed ask them to review it. But other than that sounds like you'd be better off discussing with the head teacher or other parents and seeing if there's anything you can do yourself.

itsthetea · 28/01/2026 18:12

Write back and volunteer some funding ?

TwattingDog · 28/01/2026 18:12

Sounds like they've done an excellent job of assessing how to prioritise their staff and have told you they can't manage it all.

Complain about the lack of resources to the department manager.

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