Wheelchair Pad

It’s illegal for a local authority to ‘fetter’ itself but what is a good definition of fettering?
my mum lives in a council bungalow and is disabled. she has a lot of trouble getting in and out of her car because although there is a concrete hard standing it isn’t wide enough for her to get out and reach the front door without having to step off the concrete. She often stumbles and has minor injuries from pulled muscles and twisted ankles etc. on the slightly uneven wet or muddy ground.
She applied to the council for permission to extend the concrete pad at her own expense but they refused because they didn’t want a ‘concrete alley’. She was advised to apply to social services, but they refused because they have a policy of only doing that kind of thing for people who have to use a wheelchair. Is this policy ‘fettering’ please?
I suggest that if she can not get concrete put down you can get some tree bark from the garden centre to put down it wont be a very hard surface like concrete but it will be better than mud.
Otherwise get her a wheel chair then they will have to do it.
deroyal(R) Wheelchair Cushions
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