Northampton hairdresser's appeal to council after traffic wardens get rid of 'non-regulation' disabled space stickers

The unofficial stickers were removed by traffic wardens - but hairdresser Daniel Granger says if it isn't broke, why fix it?
By Alastair Ulke
Published 27th Oct 2020, 17:56 BST
Updated 27th Oct 2020, 18:00 BST
A series of "unofficial" disability stickers on Abington Street were removed by council traffic wardens.A series of "unofficial" disability stickers on Abington Street were removed by council traffic wardens.
A series of "unofficial" disability stickers on Abington Street were removed by council traffic wardens.

A Northampton hairdresser is asking why the council's traffic wardens keep removing a series of "unofficial" disability parking space stickers outside his salon when they are "only doing good".

A video was shared online this week of a county council traffic warden peeling a row of blue stickers off the bollards near the disability bays at the top of Abington Street.

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A council spokeswoman has since told the Chronicle & Echo that the stickers - which are reportedly being placed by an unknown sourced - were "not compliant with regulations" and had to be removed.

Hairdresser Daniel Granger says the stickers - pictured - may have been against regulation but they were clear and helpful.Hairdresser Daniel Granger says the stickers - pictured - may have been against regulation but they were clear and helpful.
Hairdresser Daniel Granger says the stickers - pictured - may have been against regulation but they were clear and helpful.

But now, Northampton town centre hairdresser Daniel Granger, who salon looks out on the disabled bays, is calling on the council to either make it clearer the bays are disabled or leave the stickers alone.

"I've seen so many clients and members of the public get a yellow ticket because they don't realise it's a disabled bay," Daniel told the Chron.

"My staff have stepped out to warn so many people they shouldn't park there or else they'll get fined.

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"When the stickers got taken away people started getting tickets again. They weren't doing any harm, only good. So what if they were placed there by a mystery person? They only wanted clarification."

Daniel Granger has asked the council to improve their signage after sharing a video of a traffic warden removing the stickers.Daniel Granger has asked the council to improve their signage after sharing a video of a traffic warden removing the stickers.
Daniel Granger has asked the council to improve their signage after sharing a video of a traffic warden removing the stickers.

Daniel says so far the stickers have been removed by wardens on two occasions, and claims whenever they are in place, there are less yellow tickets.

The council says the stickers are being placed by an unknown source and need to be removed.

Daniel said: "The council either need to make the signs bigger and cleared to show they are disabled bays or leave the stickers where they are.

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"I've seen clients and shoppers who get a yellow ticket or we tell not to park there, and they say they won't come back if that's the welcome they get from Northampton."

Research suggests councils in England have lost as much as 80 per cent of their income from parking during the coronavirus pandemic.

Northamptonshire County Council made on-street parking free for several months during the crisis.

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