According to Communities Secretary Eric Pickles, such cameras are being used unfairly, turning drivers into |cash cows|, with nearly a million fines having been issued using "spy cars" and ten million with pictures from static cameras over the last five years.
Instead the Government is said to be looking to amending legislation underpinning the Traffic Management Act 2004 to outlaw the use of such cameras to fine drivers.
In response, Cllr Tony Ball, Vice-Chairman of the Local Government Association's Economy and Transport Board, said: ‘Parking controls are not about revenue raising, they are absolutely essential for keeping the roads clear and making sure people can park near their homes and local shops.
‘Camera cars have been instrumental in keeping children from being hurt or killed on the way to school, and CCTV plays an important role elsewhere in monitoring traffic flow and keeping cars moving.
‘Nobody likes getting a parking fine but the fact that less than one per cent go to adjudication shows that in the vast majority of cases councils get it right.
‘Income from on-street parking fines and charges is spent on parking services with any money left over spent on services like fixing potholes and providing subsidised bus travel to children and the elderly.’