Immediate Suspension of the After 6pm & Sunday Parking Charges in Nottingham
Do they put you off having an early evening dinner, or a lazy day in the city centre on a Sunday?
If so, please sign our petition below.
We are calling for IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION of these restrictions while a large scale parking survey is being carried out. Many of your favourite shops, restaurants and leisure venues are seeing a significant loss in trade which is very worrying and not sustainable.
We need your help to show the council that this is very damaging to Nottingham City Centre.
We have already lost two independent shops in the last month alone, who cited that the parking situation was a contributing factor, another is now closing down. Action needs to be taken as a matter of urgency, as for some of those traders, waiting 6 months for the recommendations of the survey for any changes to happen will just be too late.
The Council recently announced charges to the parking which have been branded as a u-turn or their original move. While it is good that some charges have been lowered, it is not really a u-turn. The £1 lower charge after 6pm and on Sundays is only for the duration of the maximum stay.
The issue of the restrictive maximum stays still stand and for some areas this is just one hour, which is a major deterrent for people coming into these areas, such as Hockley or Derby Road. The Council have spoken about piloting a scheme whereby extra stay permits are issued by venues in that area directly to customers.
This sounds good on paper, yet the reality is that you will have to park your car, go get a ticket from the meter, put ticket in car, go to venue, get your extra hour permit, then go back to the car to put this with your ticket, thus wasting 15-20 mins of your parking time, if you can't park outside of where you are going to. We, the traders, feel that this is an over complicated idea, which will just confuse the general public and cause people to feel hassled. If people feel that parking is a tedious ordeal, then they just simply won't bother.
Our position still stands, we are calling for an immediate suspension of the extended charges, pending the outcome of the survey being carried out by the Retail & Leisure BID partnerships.
Please help us by supporting our cause & sign our petition.
Thank you very much for reading.
(It has been noted that at random this website may ask you for a donation after you sign the petition, don't worry it's totally free to do it, if this comes up, just navigate off the site and your signature will still have been registered, thank you)
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
February 13, 2012
February 11, 2012
I have been in contact with local business owners who describe the current parking situation as an existential threat to their shops and restaurants. The ongoing loss of independent venues in our city center serves as a stark reminder of why this policy must be reversed. My focus remains on presenting these accounts directly to the council to demonstrate the true cost of these charges.
February 10, 2012
The petition has reached one hundred signatures today. This response demonstrates that many residents share these concerns regarding the impact of parking costs on our local economy.
Reached 100 supporters
February 8, 2012
February 6, 2012
The momentum behind our request for the suspension of parking charges continues to grow as we approach our next target of one hundred signatures. I invite you to circulate this link among your acquaintances so that we may reach this milestone promptly. Increased participation will surely reinforce the necessity of our case when we present these findings to the council.
6 Comments
Ridiculous. Nottingham is becoming a ghost town because of these greedy charges. Stop killing our independent businesses.
I stopped going into town for dinner for this exact reason. who wants to pay just to go eat at a restaurant?
the council needs to wake up. local shops are closing left and right and they just keep hiking the prices up.
greedy. absolute cash grab.
PLEASE listen to us before there is nothing left in the city center. its really damaging to the community.
Sign Petition
We never post to your account. Social sign-in is used only to verify your signature.
Add a comment?
Your signature will be added via . Tell others why you're signing — it's optional.
By signing, you accept iPetitions Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Share Petition
Don't stop at signing, share the petition link with friends to multiply our impact
Copy link or share directly
Immediate Suspension of the After 6pm & Sunday Parking Charges in Nottingham
Do they put you off having an early evening dinner, or a lazy day in the city centre on a Sunday?
If so, please sign our petition below.
We are calling for IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION of these restrictions while a large scale parking survey is being carried out. Many of your favourite shops, restaurants and leisure venues are seeing a significant loss in trade which is very worrying and not sustainable.
We need your help to show the council that this is very damaging to Nottingham City Centre.
We have already lost two independent shops in the last month alone, who cited that the parking situation was a contributing factor, another is now closing down. Action needs to be taken as a matter of urgency, as for some of those traders, waiting 6 months for the recommendations of the survey for any changes to happen will just be too late.
The Council recently announced charges to the parking which have been branded as a u-turn or their original move. While it is good that some charges have been lowered, it is not really a u-turn. The £1 lower charge after 6pm and on Sundays is only for the duration of the maximum stay.
The issue of the restrictive maximum stays still stand and for some areas this is just one hour, which is a major deterrent for people coming into these areas, such as Hockley or Derby Road. The Council have spoken about piloting a scheme whereby extra stay permits are issued by venues in that area directly to customers.
This sounds good on paper, yet the reality is that you will have to park your car, go get a ticket from the meter, put ticket in car, go to venue, get your extra hour permit, then go back to the car to put this with your ticket, thus wasting 15-20 mins of your parking time, if you can't park outside of where you are going to. We, the traders, feel that this is an over complicated idea, which will just confuse the general public and cause people to feel hassled. If people feel that parking is a tedious ordeal, then they just simply won't bother.
Our position still stands, we are calling for an immediate suspension of the extended charges, pending the outcome of the survey being carried out by the Retail & Leisure BID partnerships.
Please help us by supporting our cause & sign our petition.
Thank you very much for reading.
(It has been noted that at random this website may ask you for a donation after you sign the petition, don't worry it's totally free to do it, if this comes up, just navigate off the site and your signature will still have been registered, thank you)
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
February 13, 2012
February 11, 2012
I have been in contact with local business owners who describe the current parking situation as an existential threat to their shops and restaurants. The ongoing loss of independent venues in our city center serves as a stark reminder of why this policy must be reversed. My focus remains on presenting these accounts directly to the council to demonstrate the true cost of these charges.
February 10, 2012
The petition has reached one hundred signatures today. This response demonstrates that many residents share these concerns regarding the impact of parking costs on our local economy.
Reached 100 supporters
February 8, 2012
February 6, 2012
The momentum behind our request for the suspension of parking charges continues to grow as we approach our next target of one hundred signatures. I invite you to circulate this link among your acquaintances so that we may reach this milestone promptly. Increased participation will surely reinforce the necessity of our case when we present these findings to the council.
6 Comments
It keeps me away on Sundays. used to love going to the city center but now it is just way too expensive and stressful.
Ridiculous. Nottingham is becoming a ghost town because of these greedy charges. Stop killing our independent businesses.
I stopped going into town for dinner for this exact reason. who wants to pay just to go eat at a restaurant?
the council needs to wake up. local shops are closing left and right and they just keep hiking the prices up.
greedy. absolute cash grab.
PLEASE listen to us before there is nothing left in the city center. its really damaging to the community.
Help this petition grow
Share it with friends to help reach 2,500 signatures.
Sign Petition
We never post to your account. Social sign-in is used only to verify your signature.
Add a comment?
Your signature will be added via .
Tell others why you're signing — it's optional.
Signing with Google or Facebook verifies your signature instantly — no email needed.
By signing, you accept iPetitions Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Share Petition
Don't stop at signing, share the petition link with friends to multiply our impact
Petitions like this
Other petitions you might want to support
Scan to share
Anyone who scans this can sign the petition.
It keeps me away on Sundays. used to love going to the city center but now it is just way too expensive and stressful.