Any experts on parking laws around?

[MickiQ]

I had to pay 80p per ten minutes when I parked on the street near my dentist the other day. That’s £42k a year. At that kind of money it would be profitable to buy a nearby house, demolish it, and rent out the ground for parking.

That's 24x365 there isn't going to be someone wanting to park there around the clock so the income would be a fraction of that. The most I've paid for parking was picking Son Q up from Heathrow a few years back. I paid something like £11-12 for under 2 hours in the short stay. I though for a second I'd agreed to buy the space not rent it for a bit.

 

[existentialist]

I had to pay 80p per ten minutes when I parked on the street near my dentist the other day. That’s £42k a year. At that kind of money it would be profitable to buy a nearby house, demolish it, and rent out the ground for parking.

Having just done a few sums, that £42k/year figure seems to be based on the car parking space being continually occupied, 24/7, every day of the year. I fear that this is implausible.

ETA: although it is, essentially, the NCP business model from the 70s and 80s - buy a building, demolish it, pay the fines, and make the money back in no time.

 

[JimW]

I'd not read this thread before so am only posting to express my surprise that Rodborough Common has been shifted to Surrey from where I always thought it was, outside my mum's house in Gloucestershire. Whatever next, moving the capital of France to Texas?

 

[T & P]

This is not me ‘asking for a friend wink wink’ at all, though I still feel aggravated about people I don’t know. With about a week’s warning, parking suspension signs were put up on our street last week for utility roadworks. I’ve been away for three days, and as I came back today I noticed the suspension had started, and a couple of motorbikes on my local motorcycle bay had already accumulated two fines. Presumably they will continue to do so and then towed away for even more financial pain.

I believe there’s some written provision somewhere stipulating that it’s the vehicle owner’s duty to ensure someone else warns them of any parking suspension if they’re going to be away for a period of time. But a week (might have been 8/ 9 days but certainly no more) is fuck all advance notice.

Fair enough if you’re going on a three-month trip, but who the fuck asks a neighbour to be on the lookout for parking suspensions and call them when going on a week’s break? Never mind that not everyone might actually be on speaking terms with their immediate neighbours, or have any to ask.

Not to mention the fact that local authorities already have most people’s email addresses and/or phone numbers on record, and it would take about five minutes for the website developers of local authorities to add an opt-in box for car owners to be emailed about any impending suspensions on their street.

 

[Spymaster]

This is not me ‘asking for a friend wink wink’ at all, though I still feel aggravated about people I don’t know. With about a week’s warning, parking suspension signs were put up on our street last week for utility roadworks. I’ve been away for three days, and as I came back today I noticed the suspension had started, and a couple of motorbikes on my local motorcycle bay had already accumulated two fines. Presumably they will continue to do so and then towed away for even more financial pain.

I believe there’s some written provision somewhere stipulating that it’s the vehicle owner’s duty to ensure someone else warns them of any parking suspension if they’re going to be away for a period of time. But a week (might have been 8/ 9 days but certainly no more) is fuck all advance notice.

Fair enough if you’re going on a three-month trip, but who the fuck asks a neighbour to be on the lookout for parking suspensions and call them when going on a week’s break? Never mind that not everyone might actually be on speaking terms with their immediate neighbours, or have any to ask.

Not to mention the fact that local authorities already have most people’s email addresses and/or phone numbers on record, and it would take about five minutes for the website developers of local authorities to add an opt-in box for car owners to be emailed about any impending suspensions on their street.

I've been phoned a couple of times by Westminster council and asked to move the car after a sudden suspension. They have my number associated with my resident's permit. Usually you get quite a bit of notice around here so it's not too much of an issue. I've also had the council move my car into a nearby space and not fine or charge me anything. If I'm going away for more than a week I do leave the keys with a mate and have him check it for suspensions once a week while I'm away. Part of living in London, innit.

 

[T & P]

I've been phoned a couple of times by Westminster council and asked to move the car after a sudden suspension. They have my number associated with my resident's permit. Usually you get quite a bit of notice around here so it's not too much of an issue. I've also had the council move my car into a nearby space and not fine or charge me anything. If I'm going away for more than a week I do leave the keys with a mate and have him check it for suspensions once a week while I'm away. Part of living in London, innit.

Fair do’s to Westminster. I guess Lambeth are less keen to be helpful or show such common decency.