It’s creating more problems than it solves — and it’s time to fix it.
This law was introduced without real consultation or proper street-by-street checks.
It’s punishing residents, harming accessibility, and making life harder for everyone who relies on our streets — from families and tradespeople to emergency services and the elderly.
Scotland made this law. Scotland can fix it.
But it will only happen if we speak up together.
The nationwide pavement parking ban was brought in without proper consultation, local testing, or honest assessment of real-life conditions. In many areas, it’s creating more problems than it solves.
It punishes residents on narrow streets where pavement parking was the only practical solution.
It applies a one-size-fits-all rule with no allowance for common sense or local circumstances.
It increases pressure on emergency vehicle access.
It can make life harder for the elderly and people with disabilities.
It’s dividing communities instead of improving them.
If this was really about accessibility, fixing dangerous and uneven pavements would have been the first step. Instead, the focus has been on removing cars from streets — often at the expense of the people who live there.
These rules don’t just affect drivers. They impact tradespeople, carers, deliveries, visitors, and anyone who relies on accessible, functioning streets. Alongside blanket 20 mph zones — which slow journeys but do little for safety — they are adding congestion, increasing costs, and damaging local economies.
Every party in the Scottish Parliament backed the ban, so there is no political opposition in Holyrood. That’s why this campaign exists — to make sure your voice is heard.
Please encourage everyone in your household to speak up. Email your MSPs and councillors to bring about change for your own street, and sign the petition to give us a collective voice.