New parking restrictions - cannot park outside my home

fredy5

Lorian wrote: »

Complain to your local councellor.

Thanks to all for the helpful suggestions. Our councillor's opinion is that the main problem on our street (and the rest of the country in his words) is that there are too many cars.

But there is (was) plenty of parking, it's just been slowly taken away in a stealth-green agenda bit by bit. A few neighbours want the restrictions (those with off street parking) and more don't (those who have to park on the road).

the thing is I know that I don't have a god given right to park near my house, but I thought (incorrectly) that my local council who I help pay for and who represent me may think it was a sensible proposition to want to park near your own home. Seems not!

fivetide

Ask for residents parking only then. One permit per household only. That means second cars get shifted and everyone should be able to park at least one car outside their house.

5t.

thelawnet

Notmyrealname wrote: »

Anyone else smell the bovine excrement?

Indeed:

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/43
43
(1)If a registration mark fixed on a vehicle as required by virtue of section 23 is in any way—
(a)obscured, or
(b)rendered, or allowed to become, not easily distinguishable,
the relevant person is guilty of an offence.
(2)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(3)In subsection (1) “the relevant person” means the person driving the vehicle or, where it is not being driven, the person keeping it.

WestonDave

Fredy - trouble is most councils are stuffed with people who follow their own agendas rather than thinking what would actually be practical - so you get them opposing supermarkets to protect independant shops - except that the independants are too expensive or too limited in opening hours for most people to use regularly. Same with roads and parking - in theory less car use would be good - provided alternatives are there, but often its a case of setting things up so that a monopoly private bus company can stiff people for ridiculous fares. In doing so they put in bus lanes etc that reduce the remaining road space and increase congestion - which in their minds proves that they needed to act because road congestion is getting worse just as they predicted!

Strider590

WestonDave wrote: »

but often its a case of setting things up so that a monopoly private bus company can stiff people for ridiculous fares. In doing so they put in bus lanes etc that reduce the remaining road space and increase congestion - which in their minds proves that they needed to act because road congestion is getting worse just as they predicted!

Don't forget the fact that one of the local councillors probably has a vested interest in said bus company.... Either a large back hander OR shares in the company.

fredy5

WestonDave wrote: »

Fredy - trouble is most councils are stuffed with people who follow their own agendas

Exactly right - basically they have to be seen to be doing something, and what they do is !!!! up the parking and flow of traffic.

The out-of-town shopping complexes are doing a roaring trade while the centre dies out because only green councillors and pensioners go there.....

movilogo

I guess this will have effect on house price as well. Not many people will be willing to buy a house without parking. Although it won't stop BTLers snapping up a deal.