Set out by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles, the billion pound package of support for the UK’s high streets includes a new consultation to tackle aggressive parking policies, which harm high streets; and a review of double yellow lines, legislating to allow “grace periods” and stopping CCTV being used for enforcement.
The Government will also cap increases in parking penalty charges for the rest of this Parliament, with immediate effect.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said: ‘Unfair parking fines blight the use of our high streets and force shoppers out of towns. We want to rein back aggressive rules by banning the use of CCTV for parking enforcement, reviewing the use of yellow lines, and giving shoppers a “grace period” to get back to their car after their ticket has run out before they get fined.
‘We will also update guidance to emphasise a less heavy-handed approach to parking enforcement and to reinforce that charges and fines cannot be used as a means to raise cash.’
