resident parking permit

Sara_Na

Hi everybody,

I am purchasing a property in southampton (portswood area), everything is absolutely fine apart from the fact that yestarday, with horror :eek: , I found out that the property is not in a resident parking zone.
The house is in a inner street in a residential area, there is not much traffic, and on the street there s no sign of parking restriction, not even single white lines at either side of the street.
There are many cars parked on the street and none of them has a parking permit or a pay&display ticket behing the windscreen.
The southampton city council is a bit misleading as i cound't find out what someone who doesn't live in a resident parking zone is suspposed to do.

Can anyone help please?

Thankxx

AdrianC

Sara_Na wrote: »

i cound't find out what someone who doesn't live in a resident parking zone is suspposed to do.

Find an empty space, and park in it.

It sounds trite, I know, but I'm not sure what other answer would help you. There's no parking restrictions, so anybody can park anywhere, so long as it's not causing an obstruction or on lines.

Stoke

I imagine it'll be first come first serve if there's no lines on the street. Some people say put cones outside but I really don't recommend this. Asking for trouble and a bit of a !!!!!! move.

Be prepared for the odd dispute though unfortunately. Be prepared for when Mrs Jones from next door storms around because you've taken her space that she's used for the past 20 years and she's extremely offended that you thought it was okay to park in her space because her car is in the garage this week.

Unfortunately, as jokey as this sounds, it's a fair reflection of what usually happens. You might want to make friends quickly and then you'll feel less bothered about parking.

Sara_Na

Thank you,

actually my doubt was about wether it would be legal to park in such a street with no signs or anything, or if I should require some special permit from the council.. but now I feel much more relaxed.

Thank you very much

A._Badger

Just be very grateful. Residents parking schemes are foisted onto motorists under the false pretence of ensuring parking availability. Inevitably, even if they don't start out that way, they are used as revenue raisers so that they can pay footballer sized wages to the fat cats who run local councils.

Even if your town had one it wouldn't guarantee you a space - just a whopping (and increasing) bill.

Stoke

A._Badger wrote: »

Just be very grateful. Residents parking schemes are foisted onto motorists under the false pretence of ensuring parking availability. Inevitably, even if they don't start out that way, they are used as revenue raisers so that they can pay footballer sized wages to the fat cats who run local councils.

Even if your town had one it wouldn't guarantee you a space - just a whopping (and increasing) bill.

This is very true. Where I work, local residents campaigned for months and months for a 'residents parking scheme', to prevent scum like myself from parking outside their nice houses. The parking scheme was implemented and now they moan that they have to pay £20 for a pass so friends and family can park outside their house on a Saturday (when we aren't there!!).

I suppose schadenfreude would be a rather appropriate word in this instance.

londonTiger

we used to have that, single yellow was not enforced and people just parked up who were visiting the shops. Then one day warden came and ticketed everyone. Must've been one great first day for the warden.

If it is not enforced, just park it and say no more. A residents permit in London costs £110, a parking ticket costs £65. If you can park one year without any wardens issuing tickets your quids in!

dawny10

Welcome to Portswood! Be thankful for no parking restrictions, no ever-increasing amount to pay for permits! It also means you are no more likely to be able to park outside your house.

They did consult about introducing restrictions round here, saying that they thought people shopping were causing problems but the residents rejected it. Any problems parking round here are worst in the evenings, small victorian terraces and many student houses means there are more cars than space. But on the whole you'll find somewhere fairly close.

patman99

In Colchester they allow 2 permits per house. Where my in-laws live, there are 80 houses and 30 parking spaces. First permit costs £65 and the 2nd £75 for the year.