Tenants Parking
Important notice to tenants - car parking for 2011-12 The yellow parking permit you have at the moment will remain valid until 31 October 2011. In order to obtain a permit for the period after that (up to 31 July 2012), you will need to apply online from 3 October 2011. Please note that this does not apply to SportPark tenants as their applications are being processed in bulk by their respective Travel Coordinators. |
Terms & Conditions
Overview
- In line with Loughborough University’s (LU) Traffic and Parking Regulations the following apply:
- All users of University and associated University Park roads, including car users, motorcyclists and bicycle users, are required to comply with the provisions of the Highway Code and with the University’s Code of Conduct on Traffic and Parking in the University and associated University Park. For more information click here»
- Staff, students, tenant and visitors may not park on roads in the University and associated University parks.
- The maximum speed limit for vehicles on the University and associated University parks is 15 miles per hour (unless otherwise stated) and vehicles must at all times be driven in accordance with the Highway Code and with due care and consideration for all vehicular traffic, pedestrians, University property and wildlife. Drivers must treat pedestrian crossings on the Campus in the same way as those located off campus.
- All users of vehicles on the University and associated University Parks must comply with traffic signs and notices which may be displayed either permanently or from time to time and with instructions from Security Officers or other employees having appropriate authority.
- All vehicles used on the University and associated University Parks must be registered in terms of the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1974 and all drivers must hold a current insurance policy providing cover against third party risks (Section 143 Road Traffic Act 1988).
- Access to the University and associated University Parks will be controlled throughout the calendar year by means of entry barriers at the main entrances. These barriers will be automatically operated to allow staff with a valid Permit onto University and associated University Park roads in addition to visitors and other delivery / service vehicles.
Issuing of permits
- Tenants wishing to park a vehicle at the University or associated University Parks will be required to register their vehicle and display a valid Permit for that year on the top or bottom left hand corner of the vehicle windscreen whenever the vehicle is driven or parked on the University or associated University Parks.
- Permits denote a holder’s entitlement to gain vehicular access to the designated car parks and no other but do not provide guaranteed access to a car parking space. All parking at the University and associated parks are on a hunt basis.
- Applicants must hold a full driving licence. Provisional licence holders are not eligible to apply for a permit.
- A Tenant who joins during the Permit year will be issued a permit within two weeks of their application by LU.
- Motorcyclists are required to register their vehicle or display a Permit.
- Agency staff and staff on short term contracts will be provided with a Visitor Permit. After 3 months they must apply and pay for a regular user permit to cover the remaining period of employment.
- Visitors who will only be spending a limited time on campus will be issued with a Temporary Visitor Permit which must be displayed in the vehicle windscreen.
Regulations
(relates to LU policy relevant to SportPark, Version effective from 4 October 2010)
- Any vehicle parked other than in a specified parking space, on yellow lines, or in a car park for which the appropriate current Permit is not held, or in any manner likely to cause an obstruction or a danger to other users, will be noted and a warning sticker placed on the vehicle informing the owner that they have breached the University’s Traffic and Parking Regulations, (hereinafter referred to as ‘The Regulations’). The time and date of the issue of warning will be recorded by LU security. The Regulations are in force 24 hours per day, 365 days a year.
- After one warning, if there is a further breach of the Regulations within that year the user will be fined. It there is further breaches permits for that year will be invalidated and vehicular access will be denied. Any permit holder found illegally parked in a space for those with disabilities will receive an immediate ban from parking on University and associated University Parks car park for the remainder of the car parking year.
- Non-permit holders who infringe the Regulations will be traced via the DVLA immediately. Where the infringement is for parking in a space for those with disabilities, the individual will receive an immediate ban from parking on the University and associated University Park car park. If the infringement is for any breach other than as described above, the individual will be notified that any further breach will result in being banned from parking on the University and associated University Park car park. It is the responsibility of Tenants to advice their staff accordingly.
- Permit holders who have been banned and who continue to flout the Regulations in a given year may also be banned from bringing a car onto University and associated University Park roads or applying for a Permit in the subsequent year.
- The University reserves the right to request confirmation of vehicle ownership in the form of a V5 registration document, MOT certificate or original insurance certificate. Individuals giving false information to obtain a permit and/or gain vehicular access to the onto University and associated University Parks shall not be permitted vehicular access to the onto University and associated University Parks for the remainder of the parking year.
- The University Authorities do not accept responsibility for damage to or loss from vehicles driven or parked on onto University and associated University Park car parks.
Motor Vehicles
- A motor vehicle is defined as any motorised conveyance. A motor vehicle which is not registered for use on public roads shall only be used on onto University roads and car parks with the written consent of the Chief Operating Officer.
- All persons using or parking a motor vehicle on University premises do so entirely at their own risk whether to themselves, their passengers, the motor vehicle or its contents. The University will not be responsible for any loss of or damage to any motor vehicle or to anything thereon or contained therein.
- Learner drivers are not permitted to drive on University onto University and associated University Parks without the written consent of the Chief Operating Officer.
Unauthorised Motor Vehicles
- Any motor vehicle which, in the opinion of the University, is causing an obstruction or a safety hazard or is found to have been apparently abandoned within the University grounds will be liable to be removed. In cases of apparent abandonment, the University authorities will take all reasonable steps to obtain the registered owner’s particulars, and if ownership is established, the owner will be requested in writing to have the vehicle removed within 28 days. Failure by the owner to do so will result in arrangements being made for its disposal. Any expenses incurred in the removal or by the abandonment or disposal of such a vehicle will be met by the registered owner.
- In a case where ownership of any motor vehicle cannot be established the University reserves the right to dispose of the vehicle. The University Authorities will not be held responsible for any loss or damage in respect of abandoned vehicles.
Discipline, Penalties and Appeals
Overview
- Fines for breach of car parking regulations are as follows.
- Fines are imposed as penalties up to a maximum of £200. Tenants are required to pay and a failure results in their swipe card access being withdrawn and them being prohibited from using University and associated University Park car parks. In exceptional circumstances, temporary exclusion from use of an otherwise authorised motor vehicle on the University and associated University Parks.
The appeal process is as set out as follows
- Staff
- Tenants shall be subject to the same penalties as University Staff for Minor Offences in breach of this Ordinance or of the Code of Conduct and the procedure shall be the same as that set out in Ordinance XVII.
- Visitors
- Visitors to the University who commit breaches of this LU Parking Policy may have their vehicles clamped and be charged a release fee (clamping will not be legal on private land from November 2010 onwards). Visitors may also be banned from the University campus or from bringing a motor vehicle or bicycle onto the campus on the recommendation of the Security Office.
- Exemptions
- Temporary exemption may be granted from specific requirements of these conditions and the Code of Conduct on Traffic and Parking in the University and associated University Parks on the recommendation of the Security Office.
- Appeals
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Appeals against any denial of vehicular access must be made within 7 days of the date on the letter of notification. - Disputes relating to these Regulations shall be referred in writing to the Security Manager in the first instance. Where the dispute cannot be resolved by this route, the user may appeal in writing to the Director of Facilities Management whose decision shall be final.
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You are deemed to have accepted these T&C once your application has been made.