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Dorset Council is responsible for on-street disabled parking bays in Dorset, not including Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Dorset Council may consider the installation of an advisory disabled parking bay subject to it not contravening any of the following:
Applications will only be considered from, or on behalf of, disabled persons living in a vehicle owning household (you will be required to provide a copy of the vehicle registration document), who receive one of the following qualifying allowances:
Applicants can be of any age and do not have to be a driver.
Applicants should not have any parking provision available within the curtilage of their own property, nor the opportunity to make such provision, nor have readily available 'on or off-street' parking provision within 25 metres of their property. In these situations, it is not possible to provide restrictive parking on the public highway.
The charge for a disabled parking bay is £254 on confirmation of an approved application.
We accept payment by:
Other useful information about getting a disabled parking bay
What you need to know about getting a disabled parking bay:
Apply for a disabled on-street parking bay in Dorset
If you would like a paper application form, please contact us by email using the details below: