Haringey council parking permits

Residents in Scarborough can now apply for and use their “virtual” car park permit to save money on their parking costs. The new permit, which can be applied for online and have no cost, has gone live this month and has been dubbed “virtual” by Scarborough Council as has no physical form.Instead, parking wardens will check the registration plates of cars against a database if they are displaying a discounted ticket from one of the authority’s car parks.Ticket machines in off-street car parks now offer two tariffs for people to choose from when paying for their parking; a standard tariff and a residents’ discount tariff.To use the residents’ discount tariff when buying a ticket, drivers must have registered their vehicle registration details with the council in advance and received confirmation that their virtual permit is active.The saving compared to the standard price is 20%.Applications for the virtual permit can be made online by selecting … [Read more...] about Residents car park permit now open – here’s all you need to know to save money in Scarborough borough car parks

PUBLISHED: 05:30 05 January 2019 Mariam Ghaemi Vivien Gainsborough Foot, chairman of the Churchgate Area Association, in Whiting Street in the Medieval grid Picture: MARIAM GHAEMI Archant The increasing pressure on residents’ parking in central Bury St Edmunds can be revealed as an investigation shows more than 3.5 times the number of permits have been issued to spaces. One resident who lives in the Medieval heart of the town, known as the grid, described the situation in the zone D residents’ parking area as “appalling”.A Freedom of Information request by this publication found 463 parking permits were issued for zone D - which includes Churchgate Street, Whiting Street and Guildhall Street - for 2017/18 compared to 125 “assumed” parking spaces.This is the highest ratio of permits issued to spaces for any of the 12 residents’ parking zones in Bury St Edmunds.St Edmundsbury Borough Council administers the parking … [Read more...] about Council issues 3.5 times more car parking permits than town centre spaces available

PUBLISHED: 08:00 16 December 2018 The council is proposing to introduce more controlled parking zones (CPZ). Picture: LBBD Archant Letters, contributions and comments sent in from Post readers this week. Permits won’t solve space issueJohn Dumbleton, Barking resident and driver, full address supplied, writes:With reference to Mr Scotland’s letter, a parking permit does not guarantee a parking space near your home only that you can park within the area. Anyone who lives or works near there can apply for a permit so the problems of finding a space to park remain the same. Permits should be issued free to residents only, and not used as a cash cow for the council. We pay enough a year in vehicle excise duty without having to pay for the privilege of parking where we live. If the turn into Bastable Avenue from Renwick Road was for residents only this would eliminate the problem with the rat run from the A13. Also if parents stopped using their cars at school times and tried … [Read more...] about Post letters: Parking permits and tidy gardens

PUBLISHED: 16:00 07 October 2018 Sam Frost The leader of North Somerset Council, Nigel Ashton, has promised a review of parking will begin in the coming weeks. Archant Westonians have demanded parking permits for residents of the town centre, after North Somerset Council confirmed a review of regulations is imminent. The council will launch a cross-party review of parking – which has long been a hot topic in Weston, particularly since the authority took control of enforcement from Avon and Somerset Constabulary in April 2017 – across North Somerset.Complaints have been made from some shoppers, homeowners and businessmen alike.They feel the authority’s parking policies, and the enforcement of them, has created or exacerbated a myriad of issues including a lack of provision for residents and declining footfall in the town centre.A poll on the Weston Mercury website found 74 per cent of 118 voters think residents’ parking permits are … [Read more...] about ‘Affordable parking permits are needed’ in Weston

Care workers across Lancashire could soon be offered parking permits to make it easier for them to visit those in need of their help. But one councillor claims the move has come only after residents in Lancaster - the sole district currently offering such a scheme - “made a fuss” at the prospect of having it withdrawn.READ MORE >>> Lancashire's parking perils to be tackled by a "flying squad" of enforcement officersThe planned move is part of a wider consultation which is due to take place over the future of residential parking permits in the county, which could see more streets covered by permit-only restrictions - but only if locals say they want them.Responsibility for all the schemes has recently been assumed by Lancashire County Council, ending a previous hybrid arrangement where either county hall or district authorities administered the service in different areas.As part of the process, residents in Lancaster were told that carers’ permits would be … [Read more...] about Parking permit plans for Lancashire revealed