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BBC News
25-06-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Powys council makes car park changes after 'cash cow' claims
A council accused of using car parks as "cash cows" to plug funding gaps has agreed to a host of changes to its parking charges.A review into car parking in Powys - following a hike in fees in the 2023-2024 budget - has caused heated debate in the county, with opposition councillors wanting to reduce charges in a bid to encourage people back into centres.A final report was presented at a meeting on Tuesday, with other changes including re-introducing one-hour parking tickets at all of its long stay sites and an app to allow people to pay for parking on their mobile the new rules also mean disabled people with blue badges will need to pay for parking. Parking charges in Powys The full list proposals agreed by cabinet members are:Reintroduction of one-hour parking tariff to all long stay car parksSet tariffs of £1.50 (one hour), £2.50 (two hours), £3.50 (four hours), and £5 (all day).A new single permit to be used at one specified car park only at a cost of £280 a year, £155 for six months, £90 for three months and £30 for one monthBlue Badge holders will now need to buy a pay and display ticket in council car parks but will receive an additional one hour after the expiry of their ticket
BBC News
19-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Cornwall car park campaigner 'overwhelmed' after petition success
A campaigner said he was "absolutely overwhelmed" after Cornwall Council announced it would scrap the transfer of council-owned car parks to a private Jones, from Porthleven, set up a petition after the plans were announced by the previous Conservative administration. The 19 car parks, including ones in Newquay, Tintagel, Porthleven, St Ives and Fowey, were in line to be affected before new council leader Leigh Frost reversed the proposal. Mr Jones said he was "delighted by the decision". After he first discovered the plans, Mr Jones said he contacted Cornwall Council which he claimed informed him there was "no route for appeal". "If there's no route, I'll make my own route," he said. "Apart from the petition we have sent off email after email, and pushed and pressured."It just goes to show with this administration, your vote counts." Had the car park plans gone ahead, it would have seen 19 council owned car parks transferred to Corserv Solutions Ltd. At the new council's first cabinet meeting on Wednesday, it was also announced the planned sale of Cornwall Airport Newquay would be scrapped. He said: "Reversing these decisions protects our airport and car parks for the benefit of our communities, our economy, and our future."This is about common sense, getting back to basics and making sure our public assets work for the people of Cornwall."
BBC News
13-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Thousands ask council to drop Porthleven car park sale plans
More than 1,000 people have signed a petition which has asked Cornwall Council not to privatise one of its popular car Field in Porthleven is one of 19 car parks the council has agreed can be leased to its arms-length company Corserv Solutions Ltd as part of cost-cutting measures.A petition to oppose the decision said new ownership would introduce number plate recognition cameras which campaigners said would not benefit the Council previously said the decentralisation of the assets would be more effective if run by town and parish councils, environmental or heritage trusts, and the private sector. "This system will be a 24 hours, seven days a week, 52 weeks of the year operation to maximise the monies taken," said Jona Jones, the Porthleven resident who started the petition."Kitto's Field car park is right in the centre of town and next to our only supermarket-style shop, which has only four parking spaces."There are no advantages to the community in this money-making proposal, therefore not benefiting Porthleven at all." he car parks affected by the plans include Watergate Bay, near Newquay, with 400 spaces, and Trebarwith Strand, near Tintagel with 272 spaces, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
BBC News
29-05-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Isle of Man TT: Car parks closed due to wet conditions
Wet weather has led to the closure of two car parks used by visitors to the Isle of Man TT have said the facilities at both St George's Football Club and Noble's Park had been shut due to "poor ground conditions".Visitors have been urged to use public transport as an alternative to get to the area if conditions would be "assessed throughout the day" with the aim of reopening the facilities "as soon as possible". Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
BBC News
26-05-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Free Sunday car parking to end in Cheshire East
Sunday parking charges in parts of Cheshire will come into force this month, five months after full-time free parking ended in several East Council is extending the charging period by four hours on weekdays and Saturdays and also bringing in charges on Sundays from 26 follows the authority bringing in fees in towns and villages which had historically had free East Council said it had "little option" but to look at ways to increase its income as it faced financial challenges. Users of council-owned car parks across the borough will have to pay between 08:00 and 22:00 during the week and on parking charges will also come into force based on the weekday charges for each car parks in areas such as Alsager, Audlem, Handforth, Holmes Chapel, Middlewich, Poynton, Prestbury and Sandbach had previously had free parking until charges came into force in car park in each town and village has free parking after 15:00 and on-street parking bays remain free, the council took place in some areas ahead of the charges coming in, including outside council one area, Bollington, the town council agreed to pay Cheshire East to keep the car park free for users. Cheshire East said any surplus funds from parking charges would be used in other highways and transport services, such as road maintenance and towards evening and Sunday bus Goldsmith, chair of Cheshire East Council's highways and transport committee, said: "When benchmarked against neighbouring councils, it is clear that our current parking charges are significantly lower."Nor do they reflect inflation as this is also only the second time parking charges have been increased since Cheshire East was formed in 2009."Coupled with the council's financial challenges, we have little option but to look at how we maximise our income and ensure that the charges we collect are sufficient to help cover the rising costs of maintaining, managing, and enforcing our car parks." See more Cheshire stories from the BBC and follow BBC North West on X. For more local politics coverage, BBC Politics North West is on BBC One on Sunday at 10:00am and on BBC iPlayer.
