It’s Thursday evening in the West End of London and the Christmas lights are glimmering as tourists swarm and pub crowds spill out on to the pavements. But as she parks her beloved Nissan Micra amid the immaculate stores of Savile Row, Sheila Murray is feeling little festive cheer. “It’s just so unfair,” she says, on the [...]
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Parking restrictions eased for district nurses in south London
Lambeth Council has agreed new parking arrangements for nurses and other health professionals who visit patients at home. In a new arrangement with St Thomas’ Hospital, district nurses and other health care professionals in Lambeth can now park on single yellow lines for up to two hours. The change is designed to make sure they [...]
Pressure mounts on Westminster Council for parking charges U-turn
Pressure is mounting on Westminster Council to retract its controversial weekend and evening parking charges with the Mayor of London adding his voice to widespread concern about the plans. Boris Johnson says he has “grave misgivings” about the charges and has asked officials to review their impact. Meanwhile opposition Westminster Labour councillors have called for [...]
Westminster Town Hall’s ‘bogus congestion claims to justify evening parking charges’
Westminster council was today accused of making “bogus claims” about traffic congestion at night in the West End to justify evening parking charges. Council leaders have consistently argued that the fees are needed because the streets are now “every bit as busy” at night as during the day. But one transport expert has said that [...]
Free parking in Tottenham over Christmas
People living in or visiting Tottenham this Christmas can take advantage of free parking in local car parks until the end of January 2012 as part of an on-going campaign to boost trade in the area. This latest move from Haringey Council - designed to help the local economy – follows the recent announcement that hundreds of riot-hit businesses [...]
Judges asked to review Westminster parking fees
Westminster council is facing an unprecedented legal battle over plans to introduce “a tax on nightlife” with West End parking charges which will raise millions of pounds. It is being taken to the High Court following a rebellion led by top chefs, actors and night-time workers. In the biggest legal challenge of its kind, they [...]
Camden parking tickets may be illegal as wardens ‘flee immigration checks’
Camden Council could be forced to repay millions of pounds worth of parking fines following accusations that around 20 parking wardens have been patrolling the borough illegally for years. A tradesman is challenging the legality of hundreds of parking tickets after it emerged that many long-serving wardens fled the service after an immigration check on [...]
Kingston’s most lucrative street for parking fines rakes in more than £100,000 a year
The most lucrative street in Kingston for parking fines has raked in more than £100,000 for the council. Kingston Council has issued 2,879 parking tickets to motorists in Tolworth Broadway since August 2010, earning the Guildhall £127,370, according to figures released under the Freedom of Information Act. The top four streets – Tolworth Broadway, along [...]
Parking will remain free in Richmond and Bushy parks
Park lovers will be pleased to hear parking will continue to remain free in both Richmond and Bushy parks. The reassurance came following concerns about what would happen when responsibility for the day-to-day running of the Royal Parks is transferred to a new board at the start of 2012. Mark Camley, chief executive of the [...]
Greenwich Council could issue parking fines of £1,000 during London 2012 Olympics
Greenwich Council is seeking permission to bring in enhanced penalties of between £500 and £1,000 during the Olympics in certain parts of the borough. The proposal has been made to London Councils, an umbrella organisation of all the London boroughs, which is looking to toughen up parking control for the duration of the Games to [...]