letter for publication Your article ‘free parking helps the rich’ ( Times 11/2/16) says it all about shortsighted Conservative Barnet Council’s unwillingness to help the borough’s struggling high streets. Nobody is arguing for unlimited free parking, but the Times’ Campaign for 30 minutes’ free parking is a common sense solution all round. Recently I was in North Finchley […]
Read moreDear editor, Your front page story (8/10/15) about the Pulse wanting to charge £25,000 for an open air parking space comes as no surprise. Time and again, when new Colindale developments are given permission by Barnet Council, they ignore all representations about the need to ensure adequate parking space. The result is that neighbouring streets are overwhelmed with parking […]
Read moreObjection to planning application ref 2015/3605/P 112A Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NP I object to this planning application. The cumulative over-development of the site for single hotel use will further change the fabric of a delicately balanced and mixed use area. This is a part of London under intense pressure to develop beyond all recognition of what makes […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden has claimed victory at last, in his long running battle with Transport for London, for a simple solution to the problem of excess parking tickets outside the shops in Falloden Way on the A1. Mr Dismore said: “The number of tickets being given to motorists for inadvertently parking […]
Read moreA High Court judge today found Conservative Barnet Council to have broken the law in increasing parking charges to increase general revenue. In April 2011 the Conservative administration running Barnet Council increased the cost of CPZ permits from £40 to £100 and the price of a one hour visitor permit from £1 to £4 per day. The then Labour GLA […]
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