A scheme to give people living in property to rent in the London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames a discount on their parking has been delayed. The Fairer Parking system was supposed to come into force on April 1st, but this date has been pushed back until June 30th. This is to allow the maximum number of [...]
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Blow for bikers over parking fees
Motorcyclists who have lost a legal battle to block on-street parking fees in central London are considering taking their case to Europe after campaigners were unsuccessful in overturning £1-a-day charges introduced by Westminster City Council. The Court of Appeal dismissed their attempt to overturn a High Court decision backing the council’s charges. Warren Djanogly of [...]
Kensington motorists hit with charging increases
Motorists in Kensington and Chelsea are to be stung with a series of charging increases being put in place by the council. Kensington and Chelsea have decided to charge drivers of diesel cars a £15 surcharge on parking permits from April, meaning the most expensive permit, for a car such as a diesel Range Rover, [...]
UK Motorists Lose More Than £1.3 Billion* In Parking Fines
Research out today has revealed that British motorists are wasting over £1.3 billion in parking charges, with drivers forking out on average £67 for each parking fine. The survey by short-term loan company, Lending Stream, has uncovered that 84% of parking tickets are issued when motorists are caught unaware in a restricted parking zone. Nearly [...]
Croydon Councillors accused of double standards over free parking
Councillors in Croydon will be immune from the controversial parking charge increases they are considering unleashing. While residents will have to stump up to park in their own streets until midnight under the proposals, Croydon councillors can use their members’ permits to park wherever they like for free. More than 100 passes are allocated to [...]
Diplomats owe more than £1m in Westminster parking fines
Foreign diplomats have racked up fines of more than £1m in Central London according to Westminster council bosses. The worst offender is the Kazakhstan embassy, which has accumulated £189,640 from 1,715 unpaid tickets, followed by the Sudanese embassy which managed to clock up £108,240 in fines for 1,005 tickets. While there are clearly multiple offenders [...]
Majority of Hounslow parking fine appeals are successful
MORE than three fifths of appeals against parking fines in Hounslow last year were successful, new figures show. A total of 135,000 penalty charge notices (PCN) for motoring offences were issued across the borough during 2009/10, according to statistics published by legal advisory firm NoParkingFine Ltd. Just 1.5 per cent of these tickets were appealed [...]
London councils increase parking charges
Nearly a third of the capital’s councils expect to increase their revenue through higher parking charges in the next year, BBC London has found. Nine of London’s 32 councils plan to raise more revenue by higher charges. Brixton Café owner Rosie Lovell said increased parking charges would have a detrimental affect on her business. But London Councils [...]
Unlimited Islington visitor parking vouchers will lead to glut of commuters
A NEW row over Islington’s controversial parking policy blew up this week over claims that Islington will be “swamped” by commuters from outside the borough. For the first time, the Labour-controlled council will allow Islington’s residential permit holders unlimited numbers of visitor parking vouchers for friends and family from outside the borough. Under the previous [...]
Parking fees considered for London red route bays
Transport for London (TfL) is considering charging motorists to park in its loading bays for the first time. Currently drivers can park in bays on red routes – roads managed by TfL instead of councils – for 20 minutes, But the organisation has said it is considering charging for the bays and admitted it was [...]