More than 15,000 times each year, selfish motorists are fined for parking in disabled spaces across NSW, with people visiting Chatswood on Sydney's north shore the most likely to be booked.

More fines have been issued in the Chatswood postcode each year than there are Mobility Parking Scheme permits issued to people living there.

Taking a space away from a disabled person can restrict their access to the community and jobs, force them to abandon their plans, cause anxiety about going out to places where parking is hard to find and even trap them in a space and force them to wait for an offending driver to return.

A car parked illegally in a Disabled parking space in Homebush. Credit:Snap Send Solve

It's not only drivers taking these spaces away from the 363,773 individuals who have valid permits in NSW. Businesses use them for storage of shopping trolleys, skip bins and other things that get left in areas that are seen as a convenient location.