Brent Cross shopping centre has offered to scrap its free parking to counter fears that a major redevelopment will cause traffic jams.
Britain’s oldest shopping mall says it will use parking charges to deter thousands of customers from arriving by car. The high-risk offer, which emerged last night as Brent Cross’s bid for planning permission hung [...]
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Hillingdon Parking scheme defeated by residents
Business owners have been defeated by residents in their bid to introduce a stop and shop parking scheme outside their shops to boost trade.
Residents objected to the plans as it would have meant a loss of several key parking places close to Uxbridge Road, Hillingdon, also affecting those living on Denziloe Avenue.
One of the businesses [...]
Council parking spaces to be auctioned on eBay
Motorists will soon be able to bid for council-owned parking spaces on eBay under a radical new scheme being trialled.
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead has registered itself as a seller on the online auction site and is putting parking permits under the hammer.
Unlike permits already available from the council, the auctioned tickets will [...]
Free to Park Texting Service is now Live!
Our SMS text back service is now fully operational.
Just text the word “parking” and the name of a tube station outside the congestion charging zone to 80039 and you will receive a text message by return giving you details of where to park for free within walking distance of the station.
Please visit the frequently asked [...]
Free To Park texting service about to launch!
We are nearly ready to launch our unique and new SMS texting service for finding free parking in london near tube stations. We have identified thousands of completely free parking spaces on public roads over the last few months and are now ready to offer our service to anybody wishing to park in Outer London [...]
More than £1.1m raised from Waltham Forest parking permits
Waltham Forest council has received more than £1.1m in income from controlled parking zones (CPZ) permits in the last two years, the Guardian can reveal.
The authority has raked in £877,840 from 13,607 residents’ permits and a further £247,331 from 475 business parking permits since April 2007, figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show.
In Controlled [...]
Kensington and Chelsea parking charges reduced to beat crunch
Free parking to help businesses through the recession will be provided every Saturday throughout April in Kensington and Chelsea.
Kensington and Chelsea Council agreed the proposals last month which will apply to the borough’s 5,600 pay and display parking bays, meaning motorists feeling the pinch of the credit crunch could save up to £6 per week.
Visitors will [...]
Council is trying to kill off Coulsdon by slashing free parking, say traders
Coulsdon traders claim the council is trying to kill off the town after plans to slash free parking were approved this week.
The move comes just days after they wrote a letter to London mayor Boris Johnson, calling on him to lift parking restrictions to bring shoppers back to the ailing town centre.
On Tuesday, Town Hall [...]
£11.5m earmarked to make London ‘car-free’ for Olympics
Funding confirmed to improve London’s cycling and walking network in time for 2012
The Olympics Delivery Authority (ODA) confirmed it would invest £11.5 million on improving London’s cycling and walking network in time for the Olympics in 2012. The cash is part of an ambition to keep the forthcoming event as car-free as possible, according to [...]
Plans for free parking approved
Motorists driving in parts of central London on Saturdays in April will be able to park for free.
Kensington & Chelsea Council has waived charges on the borough’s 5,600 pay and display spaces to help local businesses.
It hopes the measure will attract more potential shoppers to the area and also stave off competition from Westfield Shopping [...]
