Businesses in Leeds that provide staff parking could be charged more than £2,000 per space to help pay for West Yorkshire's proposed tram network. Leeds City Council is considering a workplace parking levy that would see an annual fee introduced on company parking to help fund public... continue
Two neighbouring local authorities are working together to appoint... continue
Cardiff Council’s cabinet has approved a 10-year strategy designed to tackle the... continue
Ben Fletcher has been appointed as the new chief executive of Logistics UK. Fletcher will take on his... continue
The government has agreed to discuss the case for legislation that will tackle the problem of unregistered vehicles being driven on UK roads. For over a decade, industry leaders and local authorities have called for new powers to better manage vehicle compliance amid growing challenges such as... continue
Penalty points, speed cameras and laws to tackle pavement parking are among measures that could reduce bad driving on the Channel island of Guernsey, a report has recommended. Consultant AECOM was commissioned by the Home Affairs and Environment and Infrastructure committees to look at ways... continue
A man who went on a fly-tipping spree has been handed a suspended prison sentence after being successfully prosecuted by Leeds City Council. David Seedo of Cross Green in Leeds was convicted at a hearing at Kirklees Magistrates Court last week of 13 offences of fly-tipping in locations in East End... continue
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is planning to sell off a underused car parks for housing. Three car parks in the Staffordshire borough have been earmarked for development – Blackfriars Road, part of King Street, and Garden Street/Bankside. Deputy leader Cllr Stephen Sweeney said the... continue
A parliamentary inquiry has been launched into ‘ghost’ plates used by drivers to evade detection and enforcement Ghost plates are ones doctored with reflective coatings that mean they cannot be read by police automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) systems. The inquiry the... continue
The North Essex Parking Partnership (NEPP) is preparing to formally advertise proposed changes to on-street parking arrangements in Braintree, Halstead and Witham. The proposals aim to allow more effective enforcement, encourage sustainable travel and improve community safety, while... continue
Faces with rising levels of thefts from freight vehicles, Logistics UK has formed an alliance with a transport asset organisation to build information sharing and resilience. As freight crime incidents continue to affect operators nationwide, business group Logistics UK has formed a... continue
After a 25-year career working for Westminster City Council, Nazmi Sedrak is hanging up his hi-vis at the age of... continue
Wiltshire Council has agreed to transfer ownership of the St Stephen's car park to the owner of the adjoining Castle Place shopping centre. On 18 September, Wiltshire Council agreed in principle to transfer ownership of St Stephen’s multi-storey car park to the owner of Castle Place, which is... continue
A man whose vehicle was at the scene of a fly-tip in Durham could not remember driving it, but has been left nearly £1,400 worse off anyway. Jed Charlton, 31, been successfully prosecuted by us for two environmental crimes. Ian Hoult, Durham County Council’s neighbourhood... continue
University Hospital Tees has adopted the Park Active... continue
Reading Borough Council has refunded almost £70,000 in fines to drivers after finding it had made a traffic regulation order (TRO) incorrectly. The council admitted last year that it had wrongly issued about 6,100 penalty charge notices (PCNs) between 2013 and 2024. A report to the audit and... continue
An action plan aimed at making some of Leeds city centre’s busiest areas safer and more enjoyable for shoppers and visitors will go before senior councillors. Proposals for the Briggate Action Plan will be considered by the council’s executive board at a meeting next week and include a... continue
Free parking in Wiltshire Council car parks could soon be reinstated for Blue Badge holders. Wiltshire Council's previous Conservative administration ended the free parking scheme in September 2022 as a budgetary measure. Free on-street parking remained in place for Blue Badge... continue
Charges are set to be introduced to use car parks in the New Forest, Forestry England has confirmed. Parking in car parks across the national park is currently free, but charges beginning at £1.50 per hour will be put in place in the spring. Forestry England, which manages the forest’s... continue
The Friarsgate car park in Winchester is to become a... continue
Automatic number plate recognition technology to be introduced at several East Midlands Railway station car parks. The new system is intended streamline parking for customers, removing the need for paper permits and simplifying payment. It is being carried out by EMR’s parking contractor... continue
The Sutterton Truck Stop in Lincolnshire has been awarded the Park Mark Freight. The accreditation is an extension of... continue
A Lincolnshire council has apologised after motorists were penalised when incorrect parking signs were put up. Signs banning parking for 24 hours a day were put up in Spalding town centre, but the actual restrictions should only be in place between 10:00 and 16:00 BST. Rob Gibson, a Spalding... continue
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