Motorists have been fined £1.5 million in a year for parking on a 100-yard stretch of road. Many claim to be baffled by no fewer than eight signs. A total of 11,880 drivers have been penalised at Harben Parade in Swiss Cottage, raising £1,544,400 for Transport for London. The ticket tally accounts for three quarters [...]
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Rail commuters hit by huge rise in parking charges at train stations
Commuters struggling to cope with above-inflation new year rail fare rises were faced with more misery when station car park charges increased by up to 33 per cent. The rises were branded a ‘rip off’ by unions and one passenger group said commuters had been hit with a ‘double whammy’. Southeastern, which runs services between [...]
Parking charges victory as Westminster nightlife tax is abandoned
Westminster’s plans for evening and Sunday parking charges have been scrapped until after the Olympics. The victory for campaigners against the “tax on nightlife” came after a High Court judge ordered the council to put the plans on hold, saying there was a risk they would “damage businesses and churches”. The ruling was hailed as [...]
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 [...]
Parking Wars in London
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 [...]
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 [...]
West End stars sign petition against parking charges
Some of theatre’s biggest stars have signed a petition against plans to introduce evening and Sunday parking charges in London’s West End. Actors Tom Conti, Linda Bellingham, Bill Paterson and Roger Lloyd Pack have signed the petition against Westminster City Council’s plans. The Tory council intends to introduce parking charges of up to £4.80 an [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]