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Parking Enforcement in Moseley

Cars parked on the pavement and central reservation at Park Road, Moseley

At the Moseley Forum meeting earlier this month anti -social parking was brought up, as it often is.

We have obtained data from the council of the number of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued in Moseley ward in 2025/6.

A total of 3806 penalty tickets were issued across Moseley ward, 1564 of them were on Alcester Road, but only 4 on Oxford Rd. Looking at the list as a whole we feel too much emphasis is put on daytime patrols and not enough in the evening.

In December 2024, Izzy took part in a ‘task and finish’ scrutiny enquiry examining the council’s response to road safety, in particular traffic enforcement. One of the recommendations Izzy made, which was included in the final report, was that the council should re-instate it’s ‘annual parking report’, which was last published in 2018/2019.

We are pleased that the 2024/2025 report has now been published. It makes interesting reading, showing that Alcester Road was actually the road with the sixth most PCNs issued outside the city centre.
What is quite shocking is how few patrols have taken place outside schools, with zero PCNs issued in Moseley ward in the entire year. We plan to ask a lot more questions about how schools patrols are determined and managed.

Parking enforcement in Birmingham is contracted out to a private company NSL. This is the first confirmation we have had that income from penalty notices and parking fees is in excess of the cost of the contract. How the surplus is used is another topic for future questions.

You can read the report below:

Annual_parking_report_2024_to_2025___AFDownload

Currently obstruction of pavements or junctions, where there are no parking restrictions are the responsibility of the police to enforce. The government has stated it will issue powers to local authorities to enforce pavement parking, but as yet we do not know what these powers will look like.

In the meantime the best way to deal with dangerous parking like below, which Izzy came across recently whilst with her grandchildren, is to report it to the police via Operation Snap. Hopefully, they will issue a retrospective penalty to the owner of this car in Valentine Road.

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St Bernards and Moseley Schools Safer School Streets scheme gets approval

A proposal for a Safer School Streets scheme for St Bernards RC School and Moseley School has at last received approval and will progress to local Traffic Regulation Order consultation.
The scheme includes the installation of double yellow line restricted parking along Wake Green Road between the two schools, including at the junctions of Pool Meadow Close, Berkeley Crescent and Aster Drive. Railings will be extended outside St Bernards School and installed on the junction opposite to prevent pavement parking. Dropped kerbs to allow accessible crossing for wheelchair/mobility scooter users and parents with buggies will be installed at the junction of Aster Drive as currently there are none.

Izzy has been supporting St Bernards School in their campaign for safer streets outside school and has also talked previously to the Head of Moseley School. She welcomes these measures which will make the road safer and will enable council parking enforcement to prevent some of the appalling pavement parking that takes place outside both schools.