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‘Britain's summer of parking chaos’

British Parking Association paints a picture of poor parking behaviour

01 September 2025
 

England is in the grip of a parking crisis warns the British Parking Association (BPA), which cites figures seeming to show a sharp rise in anti-social and illegal parking. 

The BPA has collected data that it says paints a worrying picture: residential streets are overwhelmed, yellow line violations are climbing, and thousands of drivers are refusing to pay for parking.

Over the past year alone, the BPA has observed:

Authorities with between a 24.7% and 76% increase in vehicles parking in...

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