London is currently the only place in England with a ban in place with motorists fined up to £100 for stopping on the path.
However, charges are cut to just £50 if motorists pay the fee within the first 14 days.
Pavement parking legislation is already in place in Scotland with officials now allowing councils to introduce restrictions.
Three local authorities have already taken up the offer with Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow introducing new rules.
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A previous poll from Express.co.uk found 78% backed pavement parking restrictions with 22% against.
However, the new rules could cause a headache for locals with the DfT previously warning that a national ban comes with some disadvantages.
Firstly, they claim that local authorities would need to undertake a substantial amount of work to prepare for a new ban.
They said this would require a “significant implementation period” with councils likely being forced to pay thousands in new infrastructure.
Meanwhile, they predicted that a national ban could be inappropriate to implement in some rural areas such as country roads.
However, the DfT stressed that councils cannot use pavement parking rules simply as a money-making scheme to boost revenues.
They explained: “Parking schemes should be self-financing and the law does not allow local authorities to use parking enforcement schemes for the purpose of raising revenue.
“Section 55 of the RTRA (as amended) requires that any surplus made on parking enforcement operations is directed towards the costs, incurred by the local authority, of other schemes to improve local transport and environment, including local public transport schemes, highway or road improvement projects, improvement measures to reduce environmental pollution.”
