Disabled parking

Disabled parking bays are available as a direct result of the Disabled Persons Parking Places (Scotland) Act 2009. The Act requires local authorities to mark advisory parking bays following requests from qualifying persons.

See our Car Parks page for details of disabled spaces in off street car parks throughout the region.

Qualifying person

A qualifying person is:

• a Blue Badge Holder who lives at the address where the bay is to be marked, has a vehicle registered at the address, and does not have a driveway or private vehicular access at that address
• an organisation that has a Blue Badge registered by the organisation at that address, and does not have a driveway or private vehicular access at that address

Applying for a disabled persons’ parking place

You can apply online or in paper by filling in our application for disabled parsons' parking place (PDF 208KB). You can also request an application form from your local service point, by calling our contact centre or by emailing us at parkingteam@aberdeenshire.gov.uk.

Apply for disabled parking place

View disabled persons' parking place privacy notice (PDF 94.7KB).

We will require to see your vehicle registration documents. If your car has been acquired through Motability you may not be in possession of your vehicle registration document. You can request a copy through the Motability website.

Application process

Your application will be processed and documents will be checked.  Providing you meet the requirements we will arrange for a visit by our Roads Team to assess suitability of the site. 

Following a successful assessment, a new advisory disabled persons’ parking place will be lined, as a temporary measure and the parking place will be added to a list to be included in an annual Traffic Regulation Order (TRO).  

The parking places will not be enforceable until the Traffic Regulation Order process is complete. The annual TRO will be advertised in local press and there will be a chance for anyone to object to the formalisation of these bays if they feel it is necessary. Once the TRO is finalised, Police Scotland can take enforcement action, should they feel that the bays are being utilised illegally.

Use of a disabled persons’ parking place

Disabled bays are provided for general use by any blue badge holder and, other than in exceptional circumstances, will not be allocated to private individuals. A valid blue badge must be displayed in the windscreen when a vehicle is parked in the bay.

Contact

If you have any queries you can email us at parkingteam@aberdeenshire.gov.uk.