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<p>When commenced, the reasonable adjustments to common parts duty under the Equality
Act 2010 (the 2010 Act) will require landlords to make reasonable adjustments to the
communal or shared areas of residential properties, when requested to do so by a qualifying
disabled resident. Outdoor areas such as car parks are within the scope of the provision
and therefore, if the request for a designated parking bay is reasonable, this would
be a required adaptation under section 36 of the 2010 Act, once fully commenced.</p><p>The
parking concessions provided under the Blue Badge Scheme only apply to on-street parking
and not to off-street car parks. Currently, both local authorities and private parking
operators are already required under the 2010 Act to make reasonable adjustments for
disabled people and to provide them equal opportunities to access services. This is
an anticipatory duty and is seen in the Blue Badge Scheme and in the provision of
wider bays for ease of access.</p><p>Although operators of private car parks are required
to make reasonable adjustments, the form that those adjustments take is up to individual
operators, who can best judge what is appropriate within their car parks.</p>
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