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Today i got my first ticket in Manchester for parking on a pavement.
Comes with the usuall "pay early get a discount",but i placed an online appeal all the same.
After some googling i found out only london has a nationwide ban on pavement parking unless regional Councils want to opt out.
Anywhere else in the uk it's fine..."ahha i thought got you".WRONG
it seems roads with yellow lines are covered from, the road center to the back of the pavement, as stated in the Manchester Councils Report.
The key word is Yellow Lines and we see lots of them!!
So if you see yellow lines, it means the pavement also!
TRO = Traffic Regulation Order
Comes with the usuall "pay early get a discount",but i placed an online appeal all the same.
After some googling i found out only london has a nationwide ban on pavement parking unless regional Councils want to opt out.
Anywhere else in the uk it's fine..."ahha i thought got you".WRONG
it seems roads with yellow lines are covered from, the road center to the back of the pavement, as stated in the Manchester Councils Report.
9.2
If a vehicle is parked on the pavement and causing an obstruction but there
is no TRO (yellow lines) then parking attendants cannot issue a penalty charge notice.
This will then become a Police mailer and Greater Manchester Police will not categorise
this type of incident as a priority.
3.3
Currently there are no pavement parking restriction orders within the city
and as such parking attendants do not have the powers to deal with
pavement parking unless there are waiting restrictions (yellow lines) on the
highway adjacent to the pavement. In these instances, a Penalty Charge
Notice can be issued, as the vehicle would be parking in contravention of
a traffic order. Waiting restrictions cover the highway from the centre of the
highway to the back of footway, but they do exclude any private fore-court
that may be behind this.
If a vehicle is parked on the pavement and causing an obstruction but there
is no TRO (yellow lines) then parking attendants cannot issue a penalty charge notice.
This will then become a Police mailer and Greater Manchester Police will not categorise
this type of incident as a priority.
3.3
Currently there are no pavement parking restriction orders within the city
and as such parking attendants do not have the powers to deal with
pavement parking unless there are waiting restrictions (yellow lines) on the
highway adjacent to the pavement. In these instances, a Penalty Charge
Notice can be issued, as the vehicle would be parking in contravention of
a traffic order. Waiting restrictions cover the highway from the centre of the
highway to the back of footway, but they do exclude any private fore-court
that may be behind this.
So if you see yellow lines, it means the pavement also!
TRO = Traffic Regulation Order
. The traffic department then backed down and said the guys could park on the pavement as long as it did not impede the flow of foot traffic. Traffic cops Nil Bikes one. I love it!!! 
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