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#Post#: 105421--------------------------------------------------
Saba hospital parking ticket issued to disabled staff member.
DIR By: Beast man
Date: January 11, 2026, 11:50 am
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Driver is a health care professional who has disabled badge but
also disabled parking permit for Bournemouth hospital. Driver
always parks in disabled section of road. Driver had a couple of
weeks off and arrived for night shift at 6:50pm (in dark) on
5/1/26. Driver parked in normal place. Driver finishes shift and
finds parking ticket on screen. It is still dark. Driver drives
round to car park office on site and complains. Staff in car
park office say “that’s no longer a disabled area as we need it
for deliveries. Driver says they didn’t know, officer say
there’s nothing they can do. It’s now light so driver revisits
area. Sees that a sack/bag has been put over sign. Driver could
not see this in dark. Driver writes to Saba office at hospital,
PALS dept & the hospital travel team. All reply that there is
nothing they can do.
Is this legal and does the driver have a case that the sign
couldn’t be seen in the dark
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#Post#: 105424--------------------------------------------------
Re: Saba hospital parking ticket issued to disabled staff
member.
DIR By: jfollows
Date: January 11, 2026, 12:01 pm
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Per
HTML https://www.britishparking.co.uk/write/Documents/AOS/NEW%20Redesigned%20Documents/sectorsingleCodeofPractice.pdf
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> 3.4. Material changes – notices
> Where there is any material change to any pre-existing terms
and conditions that would not be immediately apparent to a
driver entering controlled land that is or has been open for
public parking, the parking operator must place additional
(temporary) notices at the site entrance for a period of not
less than 4 months from the date of the change making it clear
that new terms and conditions/charges apply, such that regular
visitors who might be familiar with the old terms do not
inadvertently incur parking charges.
> NOTE: Examples of material changes can include introduction of
parking enforcement where none has previously applied,
introduction of time-limited free parking, or reductions in the
time limit within which free parking is available. Given the
need to avoid confusion and clutter at entrances the test is
whether the fact that a change has been made is clearly
signalled to drivers on entering the land and the nature of the
change is clearly displayed thereafter – it may also be
necessary to install repeater notices depending on the scale of
the premises.
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You need to research whether or not this is relevant and
correct.
#Post#: 105452--------------------------------------------------
Re: Saba hospital parking ticket issued to disabled staff
member.
DIR By: mickR
Date: January 11, 2026, 4:36 pm
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what signs, if any, are visible to the driver in the area you
parked? can you take pics, close up and show g the sign in the
area.
what readon did PALs give for not being able to intervene?
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