Add your name to our parking petition (From Daily Echo)

Chris Griffin, Inner Avenue, Southampton says...
10:17am Fri 21 Mar 08

Why should I have to pay extra just to park outside my own home?

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Cyril Byrne, Freemantle says...
10:42am Fri 21 Mar 08

Why can other places park on their roads for free while those of us near the city centre will have to pay just to do the same?

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Joern Werner, Bassett Green, Southampton says...
10:44am Fri 21 Mar 08

free parking for residents

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James Humberstone, Chapel says...
11:05am Fri 21 Mar 08

free parking for city residents

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n w barter, says...
11:14am Fri 21 Mar 08

look to your seats in the next election

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Di Healey, Shirley, Southampton says...
11:18am Fri 21 Mar 08

If the Council could guarantee me a parking space outside my house, then I would consider it, but as it's not permit holders only, why should residents pay? We pay road and council tax - isn't that enough?

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gorf, soton says...
11:38am Fri 21 Mar 08

What about all the areas around Dale road, norham avenue, vine road, coxford road, laundry road etc......

1st car free 2nd car £50?

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Danny, Bitterne Park says...
1:53pm Fri 21 Mar 08

We already pay road tax, so why should some people be able to park near their homes for free while others must pay?

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Smiler, At the roadside says...
1:57pm Fri 21 Mar 08

Some thoughtless people think that they can arrive outside someone's home, park all day and then go when they have finished their work.These people are selfish morons and never consider any one else who may have need to visit.

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D Monah, Shirley says...
3:44pm Fri 21 Mar 08

I live just outside the current permit boundary, thankfully,but imagine I'll get sucked into paying for this new scheme.

This is just another way for the council to get money from us all.

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Chris Chapman, Bitterne says...
4:58pm Fri 21 Mar 08

Don't we pay enough to use our Cars as it is?

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rob, chapel says...
5:11pm Fri 21 Mar 08

another tax why should i be penalised for living in town,i live here so i dont have to drive so much! muppets

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Verity, says...
7:16pm Fri 21 Mar 08

I'm certain Portswood will be one of the areas affected, and bearing in mind how much I pay in car tax and fuel duty, I think this is obscene!!

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Louise, chandler's ford eastleigh says...
7:38pm Fri 21 Mar 08

This is so stupid. We pay car tax and then council tax on top and just cos i dont have the extra money on top to afford a garage or drive way i have to pay!

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Steve, Bitterne, says...
8:30pm Fri 21 Mar 08

I am one of the lucky ones who has a drive in my area but my neighbours have now had to take the drastic action to concrete their front gardens to get their cars off the road. This is just one more mad game from a council who don't seam to be able to control their budgets. There are better ways to get cars off the roads in the city centre. Try getting buses to go where we want to go at a price which is realistic to the journey for a start. What happened to the tram idea, or the over head monorail? They got binned because the council couldn't put a case together which everyone could agree to. I say sack the lot of them and bring in people who have a bit of common sense. Like year 3 at any primary school.....

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hoot hoot, Southampton says...
9:20pm Fri 21 Mar 08

If, and only IF it comes to fruition, DON'T PAY IT. Let's say it's £50 to start with, what happens the next year? £75-£80-£100? If WE ALL stick together what can happen?

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parking mad, southampton says...
12:16am Sat 22 Mar 08

free parking for residents.

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Condor Man, Southampton says...
9:25am Sat 22 Mar 08

What a disgrace! the councillors who have made the most noise about this- Baston and Richard Williams both live in big houses in Highfield with off street parking. Typical socialist hypocrites. At election time I sincerely hope that the voters remember this and vote these people out.

Why not contact Alec Samuels and get a pledge that the Tories will scrap these plans if elected? God I hope they are. Shame on anyone who votes Labour or Lib Dem in May.

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R Brown, Hulse Road, Southampton says...
9:44am Sat 22 Mar 08

I pay high road tax and high council tax. The services I am receiving are getting less and less!
Paying to park outside of my own property on top of all other taxes is daylight robbery.
Incidentally, will the councillors that thought of this idea also be paying to park their own cars outside of their houses?

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Ben Craig, Southampton says...
10:04am Sat 22 Mar 08

I am against this policy and I hope people will show their opposition at the next election - blimey, I might even have to vote Tory. Urgh...

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Melba Hard, Shirley says...
11:14am Sat 22 Mar 08

often we cannot park in the residents parking zone outside of our house now!

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maccers, Brighton Road says...
12:05pm Sat 22 Mar 08

I am cant believe these people, with there big ideas. At election time I sincerely hope that the voters remember this and vote these people out.

out out out

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edna, says...
12:17pm Sat 22 Mar 08

we just want to park outside our house

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Ms M Soan, Freemantle says...
2:38pm Sat 22 Mar 08

I know who I WON'T be voting for in May!!!!!!

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Ian Semple, SO146G says...
5:15pm Sat 22 Mar 08

Pay enough as it is.

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Ian Cameron-Reid, says...
7:13pm Sat 22 Mar 08

The elections are in May.

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George, says...
7:29pm Sat 22 Mar 08

I'm lucky enough to be in a position where I can just ensure I always have off-road parking, but this is a disgrace. The motorist pays enough in taxes already, it's not particularly fair that all of a sudden they find they're paying even more

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sue, shirley says...
8:39pm Sat 22 Mar 08

its just plain stupid pay enough just to own a car dont need this.

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Jennifer, Sydney Road Shirley Southampton says...
9:16pm Sat 22 Mar 08

The council proposals for resident's parking in this area will make things even worse.They want to reduce existing street parking which will not help anyone who lives around here.

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mike evans, southampton says...
12:33am Sun 23 Mar 08

Signing the petition!!

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COLIN D WEEKS, AMMANFORD WALES says...
9:16am Sun 23 Mar 08

AS YOU CAN SEE I LIVE IN WALES AND VISIT MY FAMILY IN SOUTHAMPTON HOW DO I PARK THEN,THIS IS JUST ANOTHER TAX ON MOTORIST'S AS EVERYONE KNOWS I WONDER HOW MANY COUNCILORS WILL BE AFFECTED ?

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Micke, Bevios valley says...
12:12pm Sun 23 Mar 08

The council need to do some maths. How many cars per household? There seems to be to many students in this area with too many cars. I have nothing against students.

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paul berton, Shirely says...
6:39pm Sun 23 Mar 08

I would like to sign the petition. I don't want to pay to park outside my home.

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Debra Thomas, Inner Avenue says...
10:56pm Sun 23 Mar 08

When the fat cats in charge of the council pay then so will I...............

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Woolston Resident, Woolston says...
11:48pm Sun 23 Mar 08

Free parking for city residents. What a disgrace asking people to pay for permits.

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aj, shirley says...
12:07am Mon 24 Mar 08

my mum and dad have permit parking in there road in the warren area for residents which is a total waist of time because if you have a visitor you are suppose to put a ticket in your car and the time limit is 2 hrs parking with no return but the council doesn't keep a check on this so you can have people park up and go to work allday and not get booked for no permitt so why should they pay £50 a year for a permit to park if it is not going to be inforced.getting all the family to sign petition

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Tim Lyons, Bassett says...
7:38am Mon 24 Mar 08

It is a disgrace that Southampton residents should be charged to park anywhere in the city but to try to charge someone to park outside their own home is beyond all comprehension. The sooner that this council is booted out the better for all of us.

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nidge, shirley says...
9:12am Mon 24 Mar 08

If those of you with garages or off-road parking used them for your cars rather than have them filled with junk then the streets wouldn't be cluttered with parked cars, thus avoiding the need to pay for a permit and would even save on your car insurance.

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Honour, Southampton says...
9:20am Mon 24 Mar 08

Change the Council.
Use your Vote.
They will listen.

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P kennedy, Shirley says...
9:39am Mon 24 Mar 08

More charges for less services - We cannot accept any more blatant profiteering. The motorist pays far too much as it is.

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John, says...
9:55am Mon 24 Mar 08

pay car tax and fuel tax....now a parking tax

pay council tax and pay extra for having your bin emptied....someones having a laugh at our expense

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Hazel, Southampton says...
9:56am Mon 24 Mar 08

This charge is too sudden and unexpected and there has not been enough consultation.
When most homes in the city centre were occupied by families there was less pressure on parkings spaces. The spread of HMOs and new build flats has added to the parking problem in recent years.

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maxine rowe, honeysuckle rd bassett southampton says...
1:03pm Mon 24 Mar 08

why should people have to pay to park in front of there own houses, there are all ready enough taxs, everything gose up, but not the wages, i have a drive but still get blocked in or cant get in, i have my nan at home whos in a wheel chair, but becouse we have a drive we cant even have a disabled space out side our own house, she cant get in the car when it is in the drive as there is not enought room, so i have to park down the rd normaly, just up the rd there are permit holders which dose work very well, but of course now every one from students to school runs and people visiting the doctors surgury park in our bit of rd,i dont agree with paying to park out side your own hose, why dont they build more car parks to cater for the city, they keep exspanding in the city but not thinking of where people can park.

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darren chester, shirley says...
2:12pm Mon 24 Mar 08

just another way of the goverment to extract money out of our pocket (give you more in one hand and take even more out of the other)

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gary, Shirley says...
2:18pm Mon 24 Mar 08

Like the proverbial ostrich, head in the sand,
knee jerk reaction and to boot a very profitable one at that... definitely not in the interests of residents.
What exactly do the residents get for their parking charge?.
The right to do something that they currently do free of charge.

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Jeanne, Bitterne Park says...
3:06pm Mon 24 Mar 08

I will sign the petition because I can see that in the future there will be an effort by the Council to extend this highway robbery to parts of the City away from the centre. As it is, it's difficult for some people to park near their homes because there are rather a lot of commercial vans (size Transit and up) who take up an awful lot of space but there is little we can do about that because, of course, we don't own the piece of road outside our homes. Although I do think these useless Community Police could check the number of larger vehicles which are parked on the corner of the various roads in this area, thus obstructing the view left and right of those merging from the side roads.

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Sally, Rockstone Lane says...
3:20pm Mon 24 Mar 08

Living in the city centre doesn't mean you are on a high income than those in other areas of the city. Why should we pay to park outside our homes when people in places like Bassett and Highfield don't? There's no logic to it, other than a quick way to make some money.

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Kate, inner avenue says...
7:42pm Mon 24 Mar 08

I totally disagree with having to pay to park outside my own house and whilst everyone outside the centre may be thinking "I'm alright Jack" it seems to me it may start in the centre and spread outwards (as in London). If the council needs to subsidise residential parking and if they are trying to pander to the green agenda by reducing cars on the roads what about first pass free, second pass not an automatic right only given in exceptional circumstances and charged a premium (?£100). Then the minority with two cars plus per house pay and not everyone.
(and i agree with sally, I am a nurse and not on a high income!)

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Lucy Miller, Inner Avenue, Southampton says...
8:02pm Mon 24 Mar 08

I dont want to pay, nor my guests to pay, to park outside my house.

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alan huntriss, coxford zone 7. says...
8:25pm Mon 24 Mar 08

alan, coxford who cames up with these daft ideas,the same people who have put parking meters opposite the general in coxford road,another money making scheme,makes a good bottle neck, the roads not wide enough for parking both sides. we have been trying to get the council to sort out hospital workers using visiters permits to park in the coxford area but they dont want to know, if its got no profit at the end of the day they are not interested. once they get away with charging how much is it going to be in the years to come.

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Paramjit Bahia, Southampton says...
9:19pm Mon 24 Mar 08

When they campaigned for resident parking zone near General Hospital why did they not tell the people that it will cost them X amount of money for having a car?

It is just another tax under different name. Our political class should be oprn and honest about it.

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Peter, Southampton says...
9:24pm Mon 24 Mar 08

They've been in power 5mins and this is all they can come up with, a stealth tax... well done to the coalition for coming up with an election losing policy... can't wait for May.

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Carl, Harefield says...
9:33pm Mon 24 Mar 08

We pay road tax for a reason and it looks to me as if the road tax is not used to look after the roads. People in europe have lovely roads. We have to get our tyres tracked and ballanced every 5 minutes to make our cars road worthy!!!!

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x, Eastleigh says...
12:05am Tue 25 Mar 08

Why should we pay to park down our own road?!F'ing joke we all pay enough tax as it is!!

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King Mush, Woolston says...
1:41am Tue 25 Mar 08

Sheitma Pance wrote:
What a load of arrogant people! Why the heck should you be allowed to park on a piece of land (road) that you don't own and not pay anything??! If someone wanted to park on your private land, you'd expect them to pay! Why is this any different??! Cough up and shut up!

lol

No we don't 'own' the road but we have all paid a lot of money for its upkeep and the right to use it.

Who is talking about parking on private land anyway? Nothing to do with the so-called PUBLIC highway.

I do sympathise with those who live in high density areas where parking near to the home is difficult if no garage/drive is available.

This problem has arisen because of the surge in car ownership and high traffic levels, greedy carpark charges that force some city workers to find an all day spot.

It's going to get worse..........

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Tim Gurr, Freemantle says...
10:26am Tue 25 Mar 08

It's bad enough paying over £1000 Council Tax without adding another £100 to that for parking my cars outside my house.Even after paying for permits there's no garantee you can even park on your street let allow outside your house. No wonder the council are approving new flat developements without sufficent off road parking they can then fleece money out of those residents to park on already crowded streets.

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Granny Annie, Derbyshire says...
10:27am Tue 25 Mar 08

My mother (who is in her 70's) lives in the Inner Avenue and can very rarely park outside or near to her home. The house next door is home to three students, who all have cars and all have parking permits. Their cars are not moved from one week to the next. My point here is that their house is issued with three free permits, my mother's house is issued with one, so my brother (who lives with my mother) has to pay for the second permit.

Does this mean that my mother will have to pay for her permit and still not be able to park anywhere near her home?

Not fair if you ask me.

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Simon, Southampton says...
10:41am Tue 25 Mar 08

Well I live in a parking zone with no off street parking and use my car about oncea week at the most. I see no reason why there should be a charge as why should people in Millbrook and Thornhill help fund the cost of enforcement. When I was in Bath in 1996 the cahrge was £200 pa so a small fee is no hardship. If it makes some people consider not owining a car all the better.

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matt, soton says...
10:56am Tue 25 Mar 08

Why should we pay parking when we pay council tAX WHICH SHOULD COVER THIS ANYHOW.
Bloody cheek of the council

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bingolover, aka Marian Sexton, Forest Hills Drive, Townhill Park says...
12:36pm Tue 25 Mar 08

This may be starting in the city centre but you can guarantee it'll be spreading outwards as soon as the council realise how much extra cash they can make out of this. There are parking issues all over Southampton because they've allowed so many flats to be built without any thought for where the cars are going to go. Why should we all be punished because of their blatent greed?

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Michelle Hartland, Harefield, Southampton says...
12:38pm Tue 25 Mar 08

Just doesn't seem right

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M Baker, Fitzhugh-Polygon says...
12:50pm Tue 25 Mar 08

As residents of the Polygon area, we were first given parking permits (two per house) to stop football suppoters, commuters and shoppers from blocking us out of our own streets. When car ownership became more widespread, a small working groupo was asked if this provision could be reduced to one permit per house. This has been very successful as it means that every car owner in our near city centre location can at least find a parking place reasonably near home. Living in terraced Victoriana, we have no means of creating drives or garages. We do a crucial job in keeping our community alive and helping keep the streets free of crime and rubbish. We are horrified that instead of rewarding us for our community work, the Council is now proposing to effectively increase our Council Tax when they admit permit parking does not cost much to run. It is totally unfair that citizens who are least able to pay should be targeted in this way.

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R White, Soton says...
1:06pm Tue 25 Mar 08

Can't see any benefits at all for the homeowner within the council's proposal.

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T.I, Freemantle says...
1:10pm Tue 25 Mar 08

Completely ridiculous suggestion. Just shows the contempt the council have for the voters.

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wayno1, soton says...
1:12pm Tue 25 Mar 08

Another ridiculous idea by these buffoons. They make me sick.

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P O'Dell, Southampton says...
1:14pm Tue 25 Mar 08

This is an utter disgrace to penalise residents when our Council Tax is high enough as it is!

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W Cartier, Polygon says...
1:19pm Tue 25 Mar 08

Taking money from people because they park within the proper parking scheme for the city, designed by residents for residents, is avoiding the real issues. People commuting into the city in long queues waste their money and time, people parking on pavements because they can't walk 20 metres to the shops block pedestrians, people who speed at 90kph along city roads at night and people who drive along bus lanes in the city, cheat on everyone else. But, taxing citizens of Southampton who park outside their own flat or house is easy. But it does not fix the REAL traffic problems. Easy money; No solutions ?

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James Lalor, Bugle Street (old town) says...
1:37pm Tue 25 Mar 08

Parking should be free for residents, but in the city centre the situation is worse: even if you pay, you cannot park for more than 2 hours during charging times.

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Jeanne Ross-Osborne, Dimond Road, Bitterne Park,Southampton says...
1:58pm Tue 25 Mar 08

These proposed charges do not affect us YET but they will, I am sure, so on behalf of all those of us who pay HUGE road fund licence to fund the roads, I object most strongly to the whole thing.

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elizabeth martin, city centre southampton says...
2:49pm Tue 25 Mar 08

i live in the city centre and i have to pay for parking for both mine and my partners car at car park rates without any chance of getting a permit, this costs us over £100 a weak despite that 1 car is not parked during the charging hours, this is making us struggle to pay for other essential things, but we can't afford to get rid of a car either for work reasons, we're stuck in a catch 22 situation and something should be done.

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Sensor SHip, says...
3:18pm Tue 25 Mar 08

Nice one echo.

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Des, Southampton says...
3:29pm Tue 25 Mar 08

Sensor SHip wrote:
Nice one echo.

I agree. Well done for standing up for motorists.

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City Dweller, Southampton says...
4:11pm Tue 25 Mar 08

I take it planning permission for new developments in the city centre will have to have parking for each new resident or will that mean even more on street lucrative parking funds ? Rock on Daily Echo !!

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Lee, Bassett/Swaythling says...
4:13pm Tue 25 Mar 08

Looks like another stealth tax to me. Surely road tax should cover this.

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Ann Foley, Central Southampton says...
5:32pm Tue 25 Mar 08

Disgraceful and blatant way of filling the council coffers. Did you know - Your local businesses (shop, chippy etc) is charged a great deal more - most of them pay council tax (if they live on the premises) + business rate + refuge charge + £250 per vehicle per year with no visitor passes.

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chris@katrina, warren ave says...
7:46pm Tue 25 Mar 08

we live in warren ave by the hosptal we have two cars we pay rent and dont see why we have to pay to park when people and sgh staff park outside are house for free day times we cant park outside we pay tax for are cars if they dont like us parking outside are house when we will put in a drive way and send the bill to them to pay to stop all the parking outside the hosptal get the hosptal to put in more parking places they are buying placeies round here and puting in more buildings not parking

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Sandy Knight, Bitterne, Southampton says...
7:49pm Tue 25 Mar 08

If this is brought in for the city centre area, how long before it will cover the whole of Southampton ? And of course the charge will creep up like the council tax.
My 2 children bought cars because the buses they needed to catch, to get to work, more often than not failed to turn up.
If the council insists on turning family housing into huge blocks of flats with inadequate parking then there will be parking problems on the street.
Housing was in the city centre long before everyone needed a car so why should people have to pay to park outside there own house ?
Perhaps our forward thinking council would like to bring back horse and carts and get rid of the "evil" car.

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Dennis Price, Bitterne,Southampton says...
9:01pm Tue 25 Mar 08

Typical of how the British Public are being pushed to the limit concerning the cost of living,everything has a price ticket put on it and the good old joe public is STUNG once again.It's no wonder people are leaving the UK in droves,what chance have you of earning a living when you all you do is pay out.Time to STOP give something back to the people,ENOUGH is ENOUGH.(yours so fed up,as are many)

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jane, eastleigh says...
10:22pm Tue 25 Mar 08

I think the whole thing is an utter disgrace. Paying to park your car outside your house (i wish) isn'n bad enough, there aren't enough spaces and you have no choice but to park on double yellow lines and end up with a parking ticket at 8 in the morning! Disgusting. We pay enough.

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phyllis budd, southampton says...
10:35pm Tue 25 Mar 08

could some kind councilor let me know, if i have to pay for my disabled bay, that i use outside of my council house in inner avenue, perhaps he or she will have enough inteligence to work out, that i live on a very limited income, and do not own a posh house...but i dont suppose anyone has thought of that.....this council is the most money grabbing petty minded lot of individuals its ever been my misfortune to live under.. but you know what folks we can do something about it...dont vote for them

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MUTZNUTZ, southampton says...
4:21am Wed 26 Mar 08

I live very near the general and did beleive I had to have a permit due to the amount of hospital workers parking down my street so the parking attendands could issue tickets to people who were not residents, seems like yet another stealth tax!!

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Big R, Bassett says...
12:09pm Wed 26 Mar 08

This needs to be opposed as this will spread to all parts of the city. Councillors need to be aware of one fact, they are voted in and can be easily voted out.

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Stephen Phillips, Freshfield Road, Shirley says...
12:11pm Wed 26 Mar 08

n w barter wrote:
look to your seats in the next election

The problem is that people still vote for the same idiots to run our City. Our Councillors are rubbish yet they keep returning.

I was informed by a friend just before the last election that one of the Councillors who is a part-owner of a pub in Town was barred from his own premises because he was caught with his hands in the till (not sure if literally!) but this was not reported by the newspapers and he was reelected.

I was standing in the election at the time and I found it disgusting how our media wouldn't report on this when public funds are in the hands of these people.

I'm standing again this year but I won't be elected. Because of public apathy, our money is being wasted on crap and we can't do much about it.

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Linda, Southampton says...
12:28pm Wed 26 Mar 08

The council want to charge city residents to park yet are digging up green spaces and concreting them over on the estates to allow tenants to park. Are we city residents being charged to allow them to park or are the council going to be even handed and charge Thornhill/Millbrook/
Lordshill/Western residents to park as well?

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sharon starks, Southampton says...
12:49pm Wed 26 Mar 08

This is a stupid idea and once again a way of gaining more funds for the council to use badly.

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so who, do we vote for says...
3:29pm Wed 26 Mar 08

so what party do we vote for in the local elections?

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Elaine Martin, southampton says...
3:39pm Wed 26 Mar 08

Pay enough taxes already without having to pay to park outside my own home

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Keith Nutburn, Roberts Road, Southampton says...
4:16pm Wed 26 Mar 08

I have off road parking but still do not agree with Southampton introducing this. They have not done enough over the years in providing sufficient parking to new build flats or businesses and have not done enough with a decent transportation system that would reduce the number of cars in the city. This is just a money making system that they do not deserve to benefit from!

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vinny babbidge, wilton ave polygon southampton says...
4:27pm Wed 26 Mar 08

Well where I live on Wilton Ave in a block of flats, we have one space in our carpark for seven flats only. Residents only which is fair enough but when people visit there is no where to park. We have double yellow lines all round flats and we are not entitled to parking bays or permits. So when people visit they get an automatic fine for parking outside. STUPID !!

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Gladstone, Southampton says...
6:13pm Wed 26 Mar 08

This is a non-story. There is now no plan to introduce this charge although the previous Conservative administration was considering it. The Echo knows this but is running this political campaign for reasons best known to itself.

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graham collett, Swaythling says...
6:16pm Wed 26 Mar 08

As a taxi-driver I need to park outside my home so that A.I can keep an eye on my car because if it gets broken into I doubt if the police would even turn up to investigate.B. The taxi must be kept clean so how do I do that with the car parked elsewhere.And surely the motorist pays enough in direct taxtion without indirect taxtion.And what will the extra revenue be spent on, better pensions,fact finding trips to somewhere hot. how about a nice booze up at xmas for the selected few,the list is endless.Why not think of the residents for a change

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Julian Silverthorne, Sholing says...
6:38pm Wed 26 Mar 08

The sheer incompetence displayed by this council reaches ever more startling levels every day. This latest "gem" just provides another example of how out-of-touch with residents needs and opinions the councillors are (and let's not forget who puts them there in the first place!) I wonder if a single one of them has considered the potential impact on areas outside the scheme, where I am quite sure you will find drastically increased congestion, as those who are unfortunate to find themselves covered by the charging scheme attempt to find parking in a non-chargeable areas. Unless of course the council intends to blanket-cover the entire Southampton area by this ridiculous idea! Not everyone has the luxury of their own private drive or allocated parking (I'm lucky that I do, but my neighbours do not). Come on council - wake up and get into the real world, or be prepared for a shock at the elections in just over a month.

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geraldine foster, says...
7:00pm Wed 26 Mar 08

Where are all the new residents in the new build in Winchester Road going to park? Probably in our road, which is already full of sub-let houses and people that cannot or will not try to park sensibly. We did not agree with the parking permit idea in the first place, and where does all our community tax go to, certainly not on maintaining the roads, drainage etc in Shirley, come to think of it, what will the money be used for if they do go ahead with this stupid idea. Probably funding the resurfacing of their nice driveways. I know who I shall vote for in the next elections.

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G Watson, St Mary's says...
7:16pm Wed 26 Mar 08

Gladstone wrote:
This is a non-story. There is now no plan to introduce this charge although the previous Conservative administration was considering it. The Echo knows this but is running this political campaign for reasons best known to itself.

Well seeing as just last week the CURRENT cabinet approved plans to allow them to charge, I don't think that's quite the case.

Unless of course, the council has seen the backlash and browned its trousers.

Anywho, you're obviously either a) a councillor trying to further their political agenda but too scared to put your name to what you're saying or
b) a council worker, who is also too scared to come clean about who you are.

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Frank Matson, southampton says...
7:43pm Wed 26 Mar 08

This idea was obviously thought up by the same individual who suggested putting laser beams on the Civic Centre Clock Tower! What other grandiose ideas will the council think up next? Perhaps releasing herds of Elephants and Bison on the Common, or banning cars from the M27...?

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Barry Travis, Midanbury says...
7:59pm Wed 26 Mar 08

Ref pay to park on street,residents give them a shock in May & get em out of office! Ref Dave Monk,s letter wed.26 March WELL SAID but unfortunately same council are ANTI-LORRY/CAR. Can we stick together & vote them out?

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Chris Fripp, Ashurst says...
8:24pm Wed 26 Mar 08

The powers that are "running" our towns and villages must accept that the private car/transport is here to stay and we the public MUST be able to park at our homes.

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Madhatta, Harefield says...
8:29pm Wed 26 Mar 08

Are we going to take this lying down or, are we going to stand together and fight this ridiculous plan? All to often we are being taxed one way or another! Is it time for a revolution? Not just on this issue but on all the other issues being thought up by local and central government! We as BRITISH people are being swept under the carpet to make it more more appealing for immigrants ( sorry migrant workers) to come to this country and claim benefits and housing that hard working BRITISH people are struggling to get. This country already has one of the highest rates of tax and they want more! How long can we let this go on?? NO to pay to park. Next election vote these idiots out! ( only to put another set of idiots in). It is a no win situation. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

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Mrs Dodge, Harefield says...
8:51pm Wed 26 Mar 08

The goverment and local goverment take from the poor, familys and elderly and give nothing back. Soon you will have to pay just to walk to your car. Its about time the local goverment stop spending our money on there pensions, holidays, cars and houses and done something for us. Fix the road surfaces, homes for people that have lived here ALL their lifes. My husband had back surgery and I had a baby that was 6 months old and we was in a top floor flat, with no lifts and I turned to the local council for help because I could not cope. I had letters from the doctors and health visters and the council said tough. This is not helping local people. The MPS have big house and big cars. Do they have to pay full council tax like us normal people. Will they have to pay to park on there drive ways. They don't know whats it like not to struggle to pay for there water, Gas, Electric, Food, Council tax, Road tax because we are the ones that are paying for it in the long run. I think its about time to kick them OUT.

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julie chivers, bitterne says...
9:41pm Wed 26 Mar 08

Southampton City Council are discrimanating against people who are unable to park off road, (there's a law about that...) maybe the council would like to pay for some dropped kerbs and some tarmac on my front garden........

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alan budd, says...
10:37pm Wed 26 Mar 08

As I live on the corner of two roads and can park on neither how are they going to charge me??

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sarah, inner avenue says...
11:27pm Wed 26 Mar 08

Most of the inner city houses are old back to back terraces with no front garden, driveway etc etc. In my street no one has any choice but to park on the road. Maybe the council wants to drive all the inner city residents out and replace the beautiful old houses with even more flats? In an age where we are being encouraged to live in brownfield and inner city areas (rather than building on yet more greenfield land such as chandlers ford and hedge end) should we not be taking measures to encourage rather than discourage inner city living?

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P Whyte, Lordswood says...
9:21am Thu 27 Mar 08

This is not a parking charge to park outside our homes which is what it is always reported as, it is a tax to keep a vehicle on the road somewhere. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT A PARKING SPACE WILL BE AVAILABLE OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE!

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G Whyte, Lordswood says...
9:24am Thu 27 Mar 08

This road is currently used as a hospital car park. Despite the 1 hour limit cars regularly park for up to 8 hours (free) without receiving a parking ticket because there is no regular monitoring by traffic wardens. Interestingly traffic wardens are seen regularly around the hospital in areas where parking meters have been installed - I wonder why?!

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Lauretta Wall, Highfield says...
11:02am Thu 27 Mar 08

The idea of charging for parking permits is a means to penalise residents who do not have the luxury of off road parking. I often have to park several streets away from my home even with residents parking, if I have to pay for it will the council guarantee a parking space for me!

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Paul Holmes, Conservative Candidate for Redbridge, says...
1:14pm Thu 27 Mar 08

Just another example of how much Labour and the Liberal Democrats are out of touch with Southampton residents.

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rR. H. Lawrence, Southampton S19 2NT says...
2:34pm Thu 27 Mar 08

HIGHWAY ROBBERY

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Matthew King, East Southampton says...
6:49pm Thu 27 Mar 08

I am A Labour supperter but the May eilitoc i may hava to protest if this maddness kepps up

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Matthew Kennett, says...
8:23pm Thu 27 Mar 08

At least Dick Turpin wore a mask!, Not only do the motorist pay the highest cost's in Europe for fuel, road tax and car insurance... along with speed cameras and other ways of extracting money from the easy target called the MOTORIST but not paying to park outside you own home is a joke. What next i ask

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Peter, Dale Valley Road says...
8:27pm Thu 27 Mar 08

We can't get a permit for our second car (even though we are quite happy to pay £50) because both cars are registered in my name, although both are registered to our address (no off road parking). The Council is not interested and say we must park where there is no permit parking. Where? Great with young children!!!What happens when more permit parking?

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mags, weston says...
8:59pm Thu 27 Mar 08

yet another tax.

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han, central soton says...
1:02am Fri 28 Mar 08

I can't even get a permit to park outside my own house.
The council put up bollards so I can't park in my driver/garden.
The nearest council car park costs £300 odd pound to park there... PER WEEK!!!
Ridiculous!!!

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Mark Gibson, Newtown says...
5:08am Fri 28 Mar 08

If I could be guaranteed parking outside my flat that would potentially be worth paying for, but what with VAT, Income tax, National Insurance, road tax and council tax, I think the govt in one way or another gets enough out of my hard-earned

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Sara.C, villiers rd says...
9:22am Fri 28 Mar 08

Use your brains for once and come up with a proper solution.

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Vikki Mackinnon - Malmesbury Rd, Shirley says...
11:40am Fri 28 Mar 08

Free Parking for residents, we pay enough council tax, car tax etc - but to be charged to park outside your own house as well! its hard enough to park out side my own house as it is with out having to pay for it as well!! What happens if i pay for a permit and still cant find a space???

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Lou Prest, Shirley Road, Shirley says...
12:00pm Fri 28 Mar 08

It's outrageous that this has even been considered! What a farce. Whatever will they think of next?

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Mrs Keeling, Southampton says...
1:33pm Fri 28 Mar 08

It's an absolute Joke, i'd like to know if the council will fund extra policeing to deal with the agro caused by people parking in places that residents have paid for????? it's bound to happen, if i'd paid to park my car outside my home and someone took it upon themselves to park in my space i don't think i'd be very happy, would you!!!!!!

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graham chilcott, Sholing - Southampton says...
1:58pm Fri 28 Mar 08

This proposal is beyond all sane understanding ! We are currently paying Council Tax which is already exorbitant - no less than a personal tax just as pernicious as Income Tax, and NOT based on any ability to pay !
It's rising WAY above the inflation rate and eating into everybody's rapidly diminishing income - (while MP's and as we now see, Councillors pay is RISING !!)
This money ALONE ought to be enough to 'satisfy' all the councils 'requirements', so why do they need yet more in this shoddy way??
Also - we are told that we need a Tax Disc, in order to simply put our cars on the road -WITHOUT GOING ANYWHERE !! If we just park on the road without the disc, we are 'in trouble'!! So - why is the already exorbitant Tax Disc NOT SUFFICIENT ? Along with fuel tax, insurance -PLUS MORE TAX! - compulsory MOT's etc etc - aren't we already paying a FORTUNE, JUST TO PUT OUR VEHICLES ON THE ROAD ??!! After paying all this - they want YET MORE !!?? to park outside our OWN homes!!? (While most Councillors and MP's have their own garage or drive - and - get numerous 'perks' - financed by OUR Council Tax !!)
NO - this is an immoral tax - too far !
SCRAP IT !!

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L Palmer, Alma Road, Portswood says...
2:09pm Fri 28 Mar 08

The Council are now penalising car owners as a result of their incompetence.
They clearly lacked the foresight to see the ramifications of allowing planning permission for the conversion of properties into multiple occupancy student accommodation in residential areas.
We now have a situation where the residents and student vehicle owners are having to battle it out each day to secure a parking space outside their home. A ridiculous situation which should have been foreseen.

To prevent the situation from spiralling out of control the Council should now urgently consider building student accommodation with adequate parking on the outskirts of town. Only allow planning permission for conversion to multiple occupancy dwellings IF adequate off road parking is provided (not just concrete the front garden to allow 2 off road vehicle in a house with an occupancy of 10). The Council have not considered, or don't care, about the knock-on effect (in the nearby roads)of allowing the conversion of premises such a Wickes in Portswood into flats without providing adequate off road parking.

We, the residents of Southampton, are now going to have to pay for their lack of foresight and incompetence.

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Shahbaz Moghal, Shirley, Southampton says...
5:45pm Fri 28 Mar 08

There is no way I am going to pay to park my car outside my parents' home. I live with my parents and this is another way Corrupt Southampton City Council plan to line their pockets with our money. Greed of this kind should not be tolerated. Even if this does not go ahead I will be voting Tory from now on as I am fed up with Labour taxes. Aslo if it does go ahead, I will make the council pay!

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Barrie, Woolston says...
6:07pm Fri 28 Mar 08

The free permit parking scheme was brought in to protect the residents in our street from the high number of employees who worked in Vosper Thornycroft and parked in our road whilst at work. Now VT has disappeared and this is no longer a problem the council can see it as a money making racket where has the concern gone? I also agree with those people who have mentioned the authorisation of converting or knocking dowm family homes into flats - more money!! I urgh the council to think very carefully before implementing such a scheme

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K Witts, Regents Park says...
6:37pm Fri 28 Mar 08

Dont these people get paid enough allready without thinking up new ways to rip us all off yet again!
We will be paying for the air we breath soon.

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ian carter, southampton says...
8:20pm Fri 28 Mar 08

free parking 4 all

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pete briggs, fitzhugh says...
9:20pm Fri 28 Mar 08

An additional tax on people who can't afford off road parking

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Thomas Jones, Swaythling says...
9:39pm Fri 28 Mar 08

Here in Swaythling, parking permits were issued due to the number of University students taking up our car spaces.

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James Smith, Harefield Road says...
9:22am Sat 29 Mar 08

We pay you enough money as it is without being ripped off some more. If this goes through I fully expect a vast extension to parking schemes to be announced. I hope everyone who opposes this scheme will vote against Labour/Libdem in May instead of just moaning about it

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Peter Jelley, Thornhill says...
11:25am Sat 29 Mar 08

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Colin, Bassett says...
12:36pm Sat 29 Mar 08

I pay my road fund licence to use the roads so why should I have to pay again?

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John Hubber, Hollybrook says...
2:14pm Sat 29 Mar 08

A piece of Gordon Brown, another piece of downright deception. A tax by another name

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Mr & Mrs 'NO RIGHTS', Stoneam says...
2:57pm Sat 29 Mar 08

Well said J.Smith - roll on May - lets kick the Lib.Dems/Labour out - they are not interested their consituents views or wellbeing only their own importance. VOTE THEM OUT.
'Mr & Mrs NO RIGHTS'

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Marmaduke Spottiswood, Penalty spot says...
6:02pm Sat 29 Mar 08

Matthew King wrote:
I am A Labour supperter but the May eilitoc i may hava to protest if this maddness kepps up

.....is this bloke really allowed to vote?

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Marilyn, Freemantle says...
7:03pm Sat 29 Mar 08

It's time we all made our feelings known at the next local election on this and many other issues.

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Hannah, Southampton says...
10:37am Mon 31 Mar 08

We have 4 bays outside our house for 10 houses to share! It is a nightmare already, we are now going to have to pay for the stress of finding somewhere to park outside our own house!! What a wonderfull place we live in, Money Grabbers!!!!!!!

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Karl, Southampton says...
10:56am Mon 31 Mar 08

Im always battling with a woman called Sue to get a space outside my front door, when she lives in a place further up than me.
It seems the longer hours you work the worse off you are, as you come home and end up parking 10miles away from your house so you have to then get a bus back home which stops a 3 miles away from my house so i then call a Taxi who will drop me at my door, so in all it has cost me a days wage just to get to my front door. THE WORLD WE LIVE IN!! I Might just take my front window out and park halfway through the living room just to get a decent place to park. Instead of being so stupid and making us pay, why dont you do more than 4 bays, and put the House No of the person allocated to the bay outside their front door, then fine anyone seen parking in it other than the ''Bay Holder'', im sure fines will be more worth while if its money your after!! Tut Tut Tut another school boy error by the money grabbers

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Gary Priest, Inner Avenue says...
1:07pm Mon 31 Mar 08

Yet another madcap councile scheme! I possibly wouldn't object to paying a nominal fee to guarantee me the very spot outside my own house. However, as no such guarantee is on offer, I've no intention of paying them a dime extra for no benefit to me and what seems simply a way of generating extra money in the council coffers!

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Richard Ramplee, Woolston, Southampton says...
5:46pm Tue 1 Apr 08

To announce this just before the local elections shows just what fools these people are, i have no driveway or garage, and i pay enough taxes as it is.

Most days i have trouble parking in my own road, let alone outside my own house, and most of the cars parked in my road don't even display the free permit they need to park legally.

Roll on the election, i cannot wait to vote these idiots out of office.

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Rufus Stone, Woolston says...
6:03pm Tue 1 Apr 08

Just another stealth tax to make up for all of our money these buffoons waste.
Did they really expect this to go down well, just before an election?
And is anyone at all surprised that just about all of these soon to be unemployed councillors have driveways and/or garages?
Not me.

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harley, Bassett says...
11:16am Wed 2 Apr 08

as if trying to run a car isnt enough!
just another tax for rip of britain

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bob the ****, says...
11:35am Wed 2 Apr 08

i dont drive but live in the inner ave and i think it is daylight robbery i reckon its down to that june bridle with that smug look of hers!!!! she definately is a fat cat , looks like she wins hands down!!!

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Chris Rowland, Conservative Candidate for Bevois, says...
1:09pm Wed 2 Apr 08

I fully oppose these outrageous plans

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Keith Oftergrass, says...
5:57pm Wed 2 Apr 08

x wrote:
Why should we pay to park down our own road?!F'ing joke we all pay enough tax as it is!!

......and why should I get a ticket if I wanted to park in your road ? I also pay tax.

Think you'll find the answer in there somewhere.

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John, Fitzhugh, Southampton says...
6:43pm Wed 2 Apr 08

I can't believe there are so many moaners in Southampton. The solution is simple - SELL YOUR CAR and become a part of the global warming solution. Use public transport and your own legs. Use car sharing schemes - there are at least 2 in Southampton. But if you insist in continuing to pollute this small planet we all share, then it is only fair that you should pay dearly for this privilege. My only complaint about these proposals is that the suggested charges are FAR to small.

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Eric, Soton says...
8:14am Thu 3 Apr 08

Imagine what they will do if they get back in. Vincent is a money grapping liar. He and his car hating freind Bastin have shown what principles they have. Labour lsot the council for putting taxes up too high. If we don't get them out you might as well move,

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Eric Slade, Eastleigh says...
9:01am Thu 3 Apr 08

Total madness to make people pay to park outside there own house. New developments should be far more car friendly. These tree huggers at the council who think that restricting parking does anything but push the problem to another place need to wake up and listen. Parking problems need to be addressed not ignored. Cars are here for good like it or not. Our local area Committee in there infinate wisdom introduced pay to park in our shopping centre and then wonder why the shops are all losing trade. The problem is that since the council took over parking and now they keep the money more and more restictions have and will come in. It is all about raising money.

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Hugh Fitzjohn, says...
11:44am Thu 3 Apr 08

John wrote:
I can't believe there are so many moaners in Southampton. The solution is simple - SELL YOUR CAR and become a part of the global warming solution. Use public transport and your own legs. Use car sharing schemes - there are at least 2 in Southampton. But if you insist in continuing to pollute this small planet we all share, then it is only fair that you should pay dearly for this privilege. My only complaint about these proposals is that the suggested charges are FAR to small.

I'll share a car with you any day John....

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Read between the lines!, Southampton says...
2:05pm Thu 3 Apr 08

Despite what the Echo has led us to believe, if you don't live in a residential parking zone now then this doesn't apply to you! New schemes are only implemented when residents request them and I think they have to get something like 50% of their neighbours to support them before they can do that.

Most councils in the UK charge people for their first parking permit and they usually charge about £10 a year! Get a grip!

Why should the rest of us fund your 'right' to force other road users out of your street - we pay council tax and road tax too! There 228,000 residents in Southampton and only 6,000 of them will need to pay for a first parking permit if this new scheme comes in.

Look at the council's website for details and don't just believe what you read!

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Mary Roe, Maybush. southampton says...
5:57pm Thu 3 Apr 08

No No No, I shall have to reconsider when voting next month!! I do not own a car so have no axe to grind.

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Mrs Maria Barroso, Battersea says...
8:42pm Thu 3 Apr 08

I cant even park my car outside of my flat!
Just because parking department in Wandsworth refuse to renew our parking permit which we live here this area in Battersea - Petworth Street for over one year. How and where can I park my car after the 8th April (when is exprie) ? However there are load of space to park!

This is outrage situation!

Maria

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Robert Bishop, says...
11:28pm Thu 3 Apr 08

Residents of Southampton should not have to pay for their residential parking

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Ali, Shirley says...
8:10am Fri 4 Apr 08

So I should pay to park outside my house?
I would gladly pay, if I ever got to park outside my house! My neighbours have 5 cars and their neighbours have 4 cars, I have 1 car (although both my husband and I drive, we chose to run only one car) there is a total of 3 spaces outside our 3 properties, guess how often I get to park there? We have no problem parking during the day, when the permits apply, everyone is a at work! What happens at night when the lazy people with drives park in the road? I have to park on single yellow lines every night and risk a ticket because I dont start work till 9.30am.
Wake up Southampton council, if you want people to vote for you in May, try opening up more on-road parking spaces, I am sure many more people would be willing to pay a small permit charge if the scheme was policed 24 hours and more spaces were created!
This parking madness will force out families from the areas affected and in turn create more problems; when more houses become multi occupancy and more cars arrive!
P.S. I have a lovely planted front garden at the moment, shall I concrete it over, add a drop curb and request the two parking spaces in front be removed and laugh smugly to myself 'I,m all right Jack'! (perhaps I should become a councillor?)

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Kulbir Singh Chahal, Eastleigh says...
6:21pm Sun 6 Apr 08

I am fortunate that my parents will not have to pay for parking outside our house if such a policy was implemented as we have a driveway.

I think the proposal is disgusting to point that it discriminates between people who have driveways and those that have a home on a street road.
It adds more to the cost of living and i feel the proposal should only apply if someone has a number of cars.

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Philip Harrison, Woolston Southampton says...
4:16pm Thu 15 May 08

Why should I have to pay when at present I often can't even park outside my own house and have to park at the far end of my road, or in the next road depending what time I get home from work!

In my old shared rented 4-person house a few years ago we had 4 adults with cars. Since we were only allowed 2 permits, of which we had to pay for one, one of us had to leave theirs at a friends a mile away, who could cycle to work, and in the end we had to move out and live elsewhere as the other 3 of us all had to have their cars to get to work in out of town places.

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J BRIER, SOUTHAMPTON says...
6:24pm Wed 11 Jun 08

The facts are Southampton residents are being discriminated against, what about HUMAN RIGHTS! We pay council tax & road tax, would the Council tell us why they made this decision to charge certain residents PARKING TAX? Can the Council QUANTIFY their REASONS for charging residents to park outside their own property?

When Councilors park in Southampton Centre, their parking costs become claimed expenses, in theory the residence reimburse these EXPENSES through their PARKING TAX!

My daughter lives in Bernard Street SO14 (Town Centre), where the COUNCIL now REFUSE access to purchasing a PARKING PERMIT! Last week I was wheel-clamped whilst dropping something off, had she been allowed to purchase a PARKING PERMIT this could have been avoided. Is this JUSTICE? do we have any HUMAN RIGHTS? How far will this COUNCIL GO! WILL THEY HOLD A MEETING FOR RESIDENTS TO DISCUSS ALL THESE CONCERNS?

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