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Topic: Re:Re:Re:WHAT DO YOU THINK
Posted by: Simon Hayes
Date/Time: 18/06/26 16:22:00

The purpose of controlled parking zones isn’t to guarantee a parking spot outside your home, it’s to stop other people from parking there. Usually they are introduced, after a poll of residents, in response to increasing pressure on parking spaces from, say, commuters. Introducing a borough wide permit might actually make parking even more difficult in some areas.

What’s not discussed is the blatant flouting of the law by councils to use them to rake in the cash. Under the original statute permit charges are only meant to cover the costs of running a scheme, which is relatively cheap. This was confirmed by subsequent case law but is conveniently ignored by councils who boost revenues through emissions based permits and charges for having more than one vehicle.

No doubt Cllr Lambert - who, of course, enjoys his private off-road parking space - will deny this is the case, but the fact is that CPZ schemes add millions in profit (it’s called a surplus) to council coffers. Imagine how nice it would be if the councils offered to refund or reduce those fees to help residents in these troubled times.

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TopicDate PostedPosted By
WHAT DO YOU THINK15/06/26 15:46:00 Robert Ayres
   Re:WHAT DO YOU THINK16/06/26 10:13:00 Paul Tucker
      Re:Re:WHAT DO YOU THINK17/06/26 08:02:00 David Squire
   Re:WHAT DO YOU THINK17/06/26 14:41:00 Guy Lambert
      Re:Re:WHAT DO YOU THINK17/06/26 16:49:00 Paul Tucker
         Re:Re:Re:WHAT DO YOU THINK17/06/26 18:49:00 Keith Iddon
   Re:WHAT DO YOU THINK18/06/26 13:47:00 Anne England
      Re:Re:WHAT DO YOU THINK18/06/26 14:41:00 Robert Ayres
         Re:Re:Re:WHAT DO YOU THINK18/06/26 16:22:00 Simon Hayes
         Re:Re:Re:WHAT DO YOU THINK18/06/26 16:25:00 David Squire
            Re:Re:Re:Re:WHAT DO YOU THINK18/06/26 21:50:00 Anne England
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:WHAT DO YOU THINK19/06/26 08:17:00 David Squire
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:WHAT DO YOU THINK19/06/26 08:59:00 Anne England
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:WHAT DO YOU THINK20/06/26 20:27:00 Paul Tucker
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:WHAT DO YOU THINK23/06/26 08:56:00 Marcia King
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:WHAT DO YOU THINK06/07/26 00:15:00 Raymond Havelock
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:WHAT DO YOU THINK08/07/26 20:41:00 Robert Ayres

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