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 [...]
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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 [...]
Saturday parking charges in Merton Park dropped after huge opposition
Council plans to charge for Saturday parking in residential streets have been dropped, as a survey suggests massive opposition to the idea. Research by the Merton Park Ward Residents’ Association (MPWRA) found 88 per cent of residents in the ward opposed the extension of Controlled Parking Zones (CPZs) from Monday to Friday to Monday to [...]
Thousands have parking fines refunded by Richmond Council
Wrongly issued parking tickets making £1.1 million will be refunded by a London council. Campaigners believe an admission by Richmond upon Thames council that its mobile CCTV vans had the wrong kind of cameras installed could open the door to a flood of other claims across the capital. Conservative-run Richmond has apologised after being caught [...]
Parking Charges Lead to Suspension of Park Lane Antiques Fair
Changes in parking regulations in the West End of London have forced Jenny Glanville of KM Fairs to shelve her monthly antiques fair at the Park Lane Hotel on Piccadilly – the fixture started by her mother Kate Marlowe 35 years ago. On an experimental basis starting on January 9, parking changes rolled out across [...]
Free Saturday parking in Islington before Christmas
Traders in Islington have welcomed plans by the council to open up free parking to shoppers on Saturdays, it has been revealed, which could also benefit the friends and relatives who come to visit their loved ones who live in the borough around Christmas time. Indeed, as shops prepare for people to start their Christmas [...]