Croydon Council has admitted it was wrong to fine motorists for parking in part of the town centre – but continued to do so anyway. Drivers were this week calling for enforcement to be suspended outside The Skylark pub on South End and questioned where else wardens were unfairly issuing tickets. In September, parking bosses [...]
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Lambeth plans mobile telephone parking system
Lambeth council has published a tender for the supply, implementation, operation and support of a mobile telephone parking payment system, worth up to £30.5m. According to a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, the three year deal will cover online parking software and other “innovative” applications. The chosen supplier will be expected [...]
Westminster chief underestimated loss of parking spaces by five times
Campaigners are demanding a top-level inquiry into how Westminster council underestimated the number of parking bays threatened by its planned “nightlife tax” by 500 per cent. The Evening Standard revealed recently that while the official figure used throughout the public consultation into plans to replace single-yellow lines with pay & display bays across the West [...]
Parking Fines In Hounslow Borough down by 5%
The number of parking fines issued in the borough of Hounslow as fallen by 5 % according to the latest report from the Council. And it seems that local residents are amongst the best in London at paying up when they get a fine. More than three-quarters of those who received a ticket paid their [...]
Westminster Council to Axe 1,200 West End Single Yellow Line Parking Spaces in Defiance of High Court Order
Westminster Council has this afternoon announced that it has decided to convert 1,191 single yellow line parking spaces in the West End to double yellow lines in January, thereby making it illegal to park at any time. The anouncement, made at 3.30pm on 23rd December, comes just a week after the High Court ordered Westminster [...]
MPs hit out at Enfield Sunday parking charges plan
Politicians have slammed “contradictory” plans to introduce Sunday parking charges in Enfield Town next month. Enfield Council plans to charge drivers similar fees to current weekday prices to park in the town centre from January 8, just weeks after backing and funding a campaign to boost local trade. The Love Your High Streets campaign was [...]
Free parking in Enfield over Christmas
To help residents with their Christmas shopping, and to see in the New Year, Enfield Council is introducing free parking for the next three Saturdays in the Council’s town centre car park. The Council is working with Enfield Business & Retailers Association and local business associations to promote Enfield’s town centres in the ‘Love Your [...]
Westminster Council’s parking consultation ‘contempt’
Westminster Council spent £400,000 preparing to charge drivers for weekend parking before consultations were complete, BBC London has learned. The authority has faced protests over plans to charge for West End parking during weekends and evenings. It has now emerged the six-figure sum was spent on signage despite residents’ opinions still being sought. Labour said [...]
Olympic disaster for drivers
Millions of Brits face fines of £3,400 during the Olympics unless they have permits to park outside their own homes. Huge “no-parking” zones are being thrown up around all Olympic venues during next year’s Games. Anyone living or working within a 30-minute walk of an event will need a parking permit. If they don’t have [...]
Hammersmith and Fulham council freezes parking charges
One of London’s most congested boroughs has frozen parking charges to help residents and businesses cope with the economic slowdown. The move by Hammersmith & Fulham is in sharp contrast to the decision by Westminster to impose new charges in the West End. Nick Botterill, Hammersmith’s deputy leader, said: “We know that local people are [...]