A parking enforcement firm operated a “clandestine quota system” to issue tickets to motorists in a “predatory and dishonest” way, a judge has found. A ruling seen by BBC London details how NSL, working for Kensington and Chelsea Council, set its wardens a minimum target of 10 tickets a working shift. It is illegal to [...]
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£200,000 for Britain’s most expensive parking space
A wealthy motorist has spent a staggering £200,000 on Britain’s most expensive parking space. The 284 sq ft plot is located near Harrods in an underground car park on Basil Street in Knightsbridge, west London. Estate agents boasted that the space can ”easily” accommodate ”a large vehicle or alternatively, two smaller vehicles”. The site benefits [...]
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, [...]
Couple’s Victory Over Boxing Day Parking Fine
A couple wrongly clamped for failing to pay at a parking meter on Boxing Day have won a landmark ruling. A London council had said it was within its rights as it treated the Monday after Christmas — not Saturday, 26 December last year — as Boxing Day. But an appeal panel rejected its argument [...]
London council set to raise parking permit charge for diesel cars
Thousands of Londoners face higher parking permit charges for diesel cars under moves to cut pollution. Town hall chiefs in Kensington and Chelsea are considering raising their £5.50 surcharge on parking permits for diesel vehicles. The borough, which has a number of pollution hotspots including Cromwell Road and Westway, is also calling for road tax [...]