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Parking Review
Construction
Guildford Borough Council is to invest £2.3m in upgrading several of its car parks. The improvements that will funded from an increase in... continue
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Operational

Over 1,500 children from 38 schools across the boroughs of Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham took part in a project to design a... continue
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Operational
Parking in a Northamptonshire town is to be redesigned at a cost of £100,000 to improve air quality. This follows funding from the Highways... continue
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Enforcement News

Cornwall Council has branded a Liskeard barber a safety risk after he warned motorists about civil enforcement officers (CEOs) by using a megaphone.... continue
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Enforcement News
Patrick McDonnell
Foreign diplomats owe more than £66m in unpaid Congestion Charge fines in London since the scheme started in 2003, new figures show. The... continue
Foreign diplomats owe more than £66m in unpaid Congestion Charge fines in London since the scheme started in 2003, new figures show. The... continue
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Enforcement News

Deniz Huseyin
The number of fines issued for non-payment of the Congestion Charge has fallen by 8%, according to Transport for London (TfL). The drop to 704,203... continue
The number of fines issued for non-payment of the Congestion Charge has fallen by 8%, according to Transport for London (TfL). The drop to 704,203... continue
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News Lead Story

Deniz Huseyin
Mirsad Bakalovic has become new head of parking services at Tower Hamlets, taking over from John Chiltern who has retired after seven years in the... continue
Mirsad Bakalovic has become new head of parking services at Tower Hamlets, taking over from John Chiltern who has retired after seven years in the... continue
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Enforcement News
Norwich City Council looks set to restrict the number of resident permits to no more than two per household from 2014. Currently residents... continue
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Enforcement News
Parking charges are being introduced for the first time in Mexborough as part of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council’s budget proposals to... continue
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News Lead Story

Mark Moran
Two south London boroughs have agreed to share their parking services following the successful implementation of a shared library service. The shared... continue
Two south London boroughs have agreed to share their parking services following the successful implementation of a shared library service. The shared... continue
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Parking Policy
Council-run MOT test centres should open their doors to the public as a way of generating revenue, according to a report from the Department for... continue
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News Lead Story
Deniz Huseyin
Claims that fines may have been unlawfully issued for parking suspension offences because signage was not authorised by the Department for Transport... continue
Claims that fines may have been unlawfully issued for parking suspension offences because signage was not authorised by the Department for Transport... continue
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Crime
A Bill designed to crack down on metal theft has been passed by the House of Commons and is expected to come into force by April. The Scrap Metal... continue
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Operational

The government has pledged to pay 75% of the cost of installing electric vehicle (EV) charging points’ on-street, in rail station car parks and... continue
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Developments
The States of Jersey government will be asked not to approve plans for a new police headquarters on part of a car park in St Helier, by Jersey Deputy... continue
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Developments
The second phase of a town centre development in Dorchester has been described as “not financially viable”, a report for West Dorset District Council... continue
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Letters
Gordon Bell
I note that the reported comment from Brighton’s Ian Davey “We can only ring-fence on-street parking surplus...” (Parking Review, February 2013) is... continue
I note that the reported comment from Brighton’s Ian Davey “We can only ring-fence on-street parking surplus...” (Parking Review, February 2013) is... continue
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Parking Policy
Parking charges in Southwark will be frozen for the next 12 months in an effort to boost trade around local town centres and high streets in the... continue
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Parking Policy
Guernsey's Chamber of Commerce has backed proposals for paid parking at North Beach Harbour, St Peter Port, as part of the port’s development... continue
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Operational
Electric vehicle charging has gone live at St Helier’s Sand Street multi-storey car park in Jersey. Transport minister Deputy Kevin Lewis said... continue





