Parking Charges
South Somerset’s dodgy parking deal
Anger in South Somerset as their District Council (SSDC) is threatening to introduce car parking charges on market towns that have never had charges before—unless the town councils cough up money to compensate them. ‘The District Council are saying the only way the Town Council can keep free parking is to pay the District Council “compensation” for the [...] Read the rest of this entry »
View across East Kent: Parking Charges
In the first of three posts looking at East Kent councils, TPA supporter Ian Taylor examines the vexed issue of parking charges. As we learn more about the financial intentions of our local district councils, it is becoming apparent that residents of East Kent face a taxing time. Here I shall examine and compare three [...] Read the rest of this entry »
View across East Kent: Parking Charges
In the first of three posts looking at East Kent councils, TPA supporter Ian Taylor examines the vexed issue of parking charges. As we learn more about the financial intentions of our local district councils, it is becoming apparent that residents of East Kent face a taxing time. Here I shall examine and compare three [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Parking anger in Yarm
As we enter the festive season, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council has given residents and businesses in Yarm a very unwelcome early Christmas present. This council is another in the long list of councils who think introducing parking charges is a great revenue raising opportunity. They just assume that everyone will cough up and not change their [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Some councils double parking charges
In last week’s bulletin sent out to all our supporters, I asked for examples of increases in parking charges across the country. Many thanks to those who got in touch. (If you would like to receive our weekly bulletin, sent out every Friday, click on this link to sign-up) It appears that many councils are [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Wiltshire Council Parking Fiasco
In the vital shopping days leading up to Christmas, Wiltshire Council continues to hinder hard-pressed traders with their farcical parking charges policy, ignoring both popular protest and a ‘Show Some Sense’ local newspaper campaign. The latest twist in this sorry saga sees Wiltshire Council proffering a miserly 10p cut in parking charges in Trowbridge, Chippenham [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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