A WOMAN’S wait for a disabled parking bay in her block of flats is set to continue months after she complained to her housing association.

Jules Morgan-Bradshaw, who lives in Victory Hill flats, in Winterthur Way, Basingstoke, told The GazetteThe Gazette in August about her disgust at being forced to climb three flights of stairs and walk half a kilometre to her car – despite being diagnosed with fibromyalgia which causes her to have poor circulation and numbness or swelling in her hands and feet.

The 56-year-old lives on the sixth floor of the block of flats, which has no disabled space within its 500 car parking spots, and was allocated a parking space by Sovereign Housing Association on the ninth floor.

The lift system in the building only goes up to the sixth floor meaning Ms Morgan-Bradshaw has to climb several flights of steps to get to her vehicle.

After contacting Sovereign and the management team of the building, Victory Hill Management Company, she had hoped new spaces would be available but she will now have to wait to hear about it next year. “There’s now four of us who have blue badges that live here and still not spots for us to park,” Ms Morgan-Bradshaw, a former funeral director, said.

“I keep parking my car close to my house because I just can’t get to my space and all I get is tickets – it’s a constant battle.

“Why can’t they just give us a parking spot? They talk about limiting the visitors’ parking bays to give us a spot, but that won’t help the problem because there’s more of us with permits now. It’s getting ridiculous.”

The issue of parking stems from to the complicated structure of whose responsibility it is to make the amendments to the situation.

Sovereign is tasked with allocating the parking spaces for homes it manages, but Victory Hill Management Company is responsible for the management and maintenance of the parking spaces.

A spokeswoman for Sovereign said: “On behalf of our residents wWe’ve discussed parking arrangements at Winterthur Way with the management company. They’ve advised that they are looking at the possibility of providing some additional spaces which could include an additional disabled space.

She added: “We do though welcome the management company’s decision to consider increasing the amount of on-street parking as well as continuing to invest in the multi-storey parking, such as new lighting and security.

“We hope some of the potential changes will make a difference at Winterthur Way, however, we now believe we’ve done all we can to try and resolve this issue.”

A spokesman for Victory Hill Management Company said: “Our client is exploring the option of creating new visitors’ spaces as there is a chronic lack of these onsite, this could include a disabled visitor space but this will be for temporary and occasional use only. 

“The client is currently taking appropriate advice on the proposals but is not due to a make a decision on this until the new year.”