Parking Code evidence - pictures of signs with £50, £60 or £70 PCN and no £ DRA fee on the sign

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Just up the road from the flats, my friend took a pic of the empty forecourt of:

St John Ambulance station, Southwick, Brighton.

This is a 2 minute walk from:

-  a shopping centre
-  the beach (south) including a popular cafe
-  Southwick Station which is a direct train ride to Brighton and London

NO PPC

NO CARMAGEDDON

CLOSE VIEW ABOVE SHOWS THE WORDS:

"NO PARKING" ON A FORECOURT = SUFFICIENT DETERRENT

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Opposite that is:

'The Twitten Club' Southwick, Brighton.

This Social Club is a 2 minute walk from:

-  a shopping centre
-  the beach (south) including a popular cafe
-  Southwick Station which is a direct train ride to Brighton and London

NO PPC

NO CARMAGEDDON

A polite sign is sufficient deterrent:

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And down the road is a pub:

The Cricketers, Southwick, Brighton.

This is a 2 to 3 minute walk from:

-  a shopping centre
-  the beach (south) including a popular cafe
-  Southwick Station which is a direct train ride to Brighton and London

You might spot a blue Britannia sign twisted away from the entrance, next to the green thingy?

Yep, Britannia were kicked out, so says my friend, after the totally unnecessary keypad system caused complaints.

No parking restrictions at this pub!
PPC removed:

NO PPC ANY MORE

NO CARMAGEDDON

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Down on the seafront itself:

Dreams, Southwick/Portslade border, Brighton.

This is opposite the beach and near a new, popular cafe which has no car park.  

Is Dreams suffering parking abuse? Nope.

NO PPC

NO CARMAGEDDON

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Also on the seafront itself:

Tilemasters, Portslade, Brighton.

This is also directly opposite the beach and near the new, popular cafe which has no car park.  

Are they suffering parking abuse? Nope.

NO PPC

NO CARMAGEDDON

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Also on the seafront itself:

Factories and Businesses including Johnsons Workwear / Laundry service, Portslade, Brighton.

This is opposite the beach and near shops.
Staff parking bays straight off the seafront.
No barrier.

Are the factories and businesses who all need loading and delivery access suffering parking abuse?

Nope.
A polite sign is sufficient deterrent:

NO PPC

NO CARMAGEDDON

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This is my elderly friend's GP surgery and she is well aware of what happened with OPS at this site, who caused complaints.

People were using the Pharmacy, booking appointments, seeing a nurse or picking up a form and still got PCNs, I'm told.

Portslade Health Centre, Church Road, Portslade (Hove border) Brighton

This is a 5 to 10 minute walk from:

-  a busy shopping street
-  the beach & harbour
-  Portslade Station which is a direct train ride to Brighton and London

You'll spot a broken OPS (One Parking Solution Ltd) sign in the final photo.  That's the only one my friend could find left.

Yep, I hear that OPS were kicked out, so says my friend, after the totally unnecessary aggression caused distress & complaints.

No parking restrictions at this surgery!

PPC removed:

NO PPC ANY MORE

NO CARMAGEDDON

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Talking of forecourts and bays close to stations (on the previous page), how about this one?

It's right next to the overpass to Hove Station.  Literally next to the station.

Seen in the first image, to the left. 

Direct train route to London.
Centre of Hove; all roads are permits only.

Blatchington Court Trust:

"Supporting young people with sight loss across Sussex"

This is an outreach/mobility unit that includes services users who would have visually impaired passengers.

GSV shows they used to have metal bay barriers - probably proved too fiddly for service users - but in my friend's pics this August, they are replaced with bay numbers and polite (cute!) signs:

'GUIDE DOGS PARKING ONLY' !
 

NO PPC

NO CARMAGEDDON

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Same road, a posh looking vet's surgery:

Wilbury Vets, Hove, East Sussex

A 3 minute walk from the overpass to Hove Station.  Direct train route to London.

Close to schools and shops.  Centre of Hove; all roads are permits only till 8pm as seen here, or pay by phone but max 4 hours I think.  Basically you can't park to commute:



Despite all this,

NO PPC

NO CARMAGEDDON

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So let's compare businesses and services adjacent to Hove station with a car park there that is managed by a BPA member, to see their wonderful deterrent signs, shall we?

LOL...!

Hove Business Centre overlooks the station.
Lots of business units here:



Here's the BPA mandatory entrance sign...

... oh wait, there isn't one.

You might with 20-20 vision, just about make out a black & white OPS sign high on a wall inside, behind that tree on the right, with what looks like black paint on the lower part of it (in the photo above you can just see it).

No 'managed car park' entrance sign:



What about inside the car park?

Large signs with massive £100 deterrent to protect these businesses from erring commuters?

Nope, course not!

There are a few signs & my friend got pics of two.

One is a badly faded P (a BPA-style warning entrance sign?!) stuck to a bike rack down the far end, and one in a dirty graffiti-covered corner AT THE EXIT, where any parking deterrent / contract message goes unseen: