Epsom and St Helier University Hospital Trust in Surrey earned more than £1.8 million from car parking fees in a single year, according to a revealing report on parking charges levied on hospital visitors published today. Which?, the consumer association, has named and shamed the worst NHS hospital car parks in England based on information [...]
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Camden Council Introduce Cash Free Ticketing
Fifty years since parking meters were introduced in London, motorists in Camden are set to benefit from new cash-free machines. The new meters will make it much quicker and easier for people to park safely and legally in the borough. Motorists need not risk getting a ticket if they can’t find any change, as the [...]
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 [...]
100 extra CCTV cameras mean more parking fines in Westminster
The number of motorists fined for parking offences in central London will rise from today as 100 CCTV “spy” cameras are switched on. The move follows a reprieve of nearly a year for drivers after the wireless cameras had to be switched off because they did not meet Department for Transport guidelines on image quality. [...]
Business group praises Epping Forest car park charge freeze
A business lobby group has praised Epping Forest District Council after it ratified proposals to freeze all car park charges in the region for the second year running. Chairman of the south west Essex branch of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), David Miles, said: “At a meeting this week Epping Forest Council confirmed that [...]
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 [...]
Westminster Parking Charges Set To Be Driven Up
City Hall has been accused of using parking enforcement to raise revenue after it announced plans to increase charges. Westminster motorists could face a £7.3million bill in what critics say is a cynical move to fill the £22m black hole in the council’s books. The proposals include doubling the cost of meter charges in St [...]
Tube Stations Within the Congestion Charging Zone
We have noticed that our database has been sending out quite a few error messages to clients using our service who have been texting us with the name of a tube station that falls within the Congestion Charging Zone, which is an area we don’t cover. Although we have tried to make this clear on [...]
Free bike parking scrapped permanently
Free motorcycle parking will be scrapped for good from Monday under a decision by London’s Westminster City Council. A controversial trial of charging riders will be made permanent under a new bylaw. Announcing its decision, Westminster said: “The permanent traffic orders will come into force from Monday 25 January.” But campaigners believe the move can [...]
Harrow Street is paved in gold and carpeted with traffic fines
Station Road in Harrow really is paved with gold – after generating more traffic and parking fines in a year than any other street in London. In the financial year 2008/09, 28,884 drivers were caught doing something illegal along the arterial route – raising at least £1.5million for the council. The road stretches for over [...]
