When there is a fair on Woolwich common or something at the barracks the common is used for parking. Surely the club and council could work out something between them for game days.
MOD land but using the parade ground in front of the barracks is a great idea as it is huge. Not sure if a park and ride scheme would be viable but could potentially be funded or supported by using the money the club gets by selling the parking spaces as part of packages at the Valley on match days.
On-street parking revenue in the UK must be used in accordance with the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (RTRA 1984). Specifically, the income can be used to cover the costs of parking management, including enforcement, maintenance of parking facilities, and traffic management improvements. Surpluses from parking operations can be used for other transport-related purposes, such as public transport schemes or highway improvements. However, it's unlawful for local authorities to set parking charges with the primary goal of generating general revenue for other services.
I am pretty sure a lot of this bollocks is all about over paid pen pushers trying to justify their existence.I park in Canberra road behind the park,I do not interfere with residents one bit,and their are plenty of other roads or parts of roads,where the people can do the same. I am getting really angry and frustrated,that the people who have been voted(not by me)to run our lives are either utterly useless,or do not have the slightest concern for the people who pay their wages,and just carry on as if we do not exist and owe them a living. The more complicated things are made ,the more important they will see themselves,and there is nothing we can do about it.
Very pleased to hear that! 😉😆
Joking aside your sentiment is right. It’s not what people want the council to do.
I am pretty sure a lot of this bollocks is all about over paid pen pushers trying to justify their existence.I park in Canberra road behind the park,I do not interfere with residents one bit,and their are plenty of other roads or parts of roads,where the people can do the same. I am getting really angry and frustrated,that the people who have been voted(not by me)to run our lives are either utterly useless,or do not have the slightest concern for the people who pay their wages,and just carry on as if we do not exist and owe them a living. The more complicated things are made ,the more important they will see themselves,and there is nothing we can do about it.
Very pleased to hear that! 😉😆
Joking aside your sentiment is right. It’s not what people want the council to do.
It was always my impression,that publicly elected officers where there to serve the needs and requirements of the electorate,not get elected and tell us all to get stuffed we will do what we want.
On-street parking revenue in the UK must be used in accordance with the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (RTRA 1984). Specifically, the income can be used to cover the costs of parking management, including enforcement, maintenance of parking facilities, and traffic management improvements. Surpluses from parking operations can be used for other transport-related purposes, such as public transport schemes or highway improvements. However, it's unlawful for local authorities to set parking charges with the primary goal of generating general revenue for other services.
You are correct. The same applies to something called Lane Rental and every single highway authority still sees it as a money spinner then are left holding enormous pots of surplus money as funnily enough, SGN don't have much choice what time of day they repair a leaking high pressure gas pipe, same with UKPN and a secered electric cable l, the water companies with water pipes etc. They cannot give the money away and cannot use it for propping things to elsewhere so end up having to employ people to run the scheme, bit allowed to make a profit from it (just a surplus)
On the bright side, its made me a fortune in night work over the last decade or so
Obviously I am only concerned about matchday parking,but surely this will affect any person visiting families or friends,if you drive 100 miles to see your mum and dad,can you only park outside their house for 2 hours.I do agree,I would be pissed off if I came home from work and couldnt park due to football traffic,but these proposed restrictions will cause many problems for residents,I hope they speak up.
Residents can buy guest parking permits - 4 or 12 hrs.
Buy being the operative word,so do they have to buy a permit for every car that visits them.Dont know what they cost,but a family that has a lot of visitors is going to need deep pockets.It is diabolical,having to pay to have a friend call round in a car.
On-street parking revenue in the UK must be used in accordance with the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (RTRA 1984). Specifically, the income can be used to cover the costs of parking management, including enforcement, maintenance of parking facilities, and traffic management improvements. Surpluses from parking operations can be used for other transport-related purposes, such as public transport schemes or highway improvements. However, it's unlawful for local authorities to set parking charges with the primary goal of generating general revenue for other services.
And who keeps a check on this,probably their own accountants who I am sure wont be too stringent on any discrepencies they find.
I live next to my old school in Red Lion Lane. It is now a 6th Form Academy. It is about to grow from 2500 students to 4400. A mix of students parking in the road and parents dropping off/picking up their offspring throughout the day make it necessary to introduce some parking controls.
Sorry to burst your bubble Baldybonce additional parking on Woolwich Common will not be allowed. It is owned by the Ministry of Defence.
Sod all to do at the moment,so just getting more and more wound up over this parking situation.My concern is that greenwich council will put the situation to residents and leave out the nasty bits like the limitations it will bring to their everyday lives like friends just having a quick drive up to see them,and then cant park their car without paying or having organised a permit first. Does not the council have a duty to welcome visitors to their borough,not only for football,but to their parks,monuments,museums,and town centres.When people get fed up with being fleeced they will not come,and like London under Genghis Khan,Greenwich will suffer.
On-street parking revenue in the UK must be used in accordance with the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (RTRA 1984). Specifically, the income can be used to cover the costs of parking management, including enforcement, maintenance of parking facilities, and traffic management improvements. Surpluses from parking operations can be used for other transport-related purposes, such as public transport schemes or highway improvements. However, it's unlawful for local authorities to set parking charges with the primary goal of generating general revenue for other services.
And who keeps a check on this,probably their own accountants who I am sure wont be too stringent on any discrepencies they find.
The council's auditors. I can't comment directly on Greenwich but the auditors' advice is an active constraint on how we set charges in Thanet. The auditors wouldn't determine the scale or operation of controlled parking zones, but they would certainly take an interest in where the money from them goes.
So nearly £5.00 a day per person if someone visits a resident by car.A weekly visit from a child or a parent would cost 240.00 a year,I cannot believe this could be allowed to happen,this is daylight robbery.
When there is a fair on Woolwich common or something at the barracks the common is used for parking. Surely the club and council could work out something between them for game days.
Good shout - i've always thought Woolwich common is a bit of open space which should be offering so much more - a few dog walkers, an occasional fair, but just seems like a big waste of space, particularly when the hospital parking is run by a gang of racketeers - staff can't even park there (if they want any wages left over for the day anyway) - maybe once the barracks is developed we'll see some more local amenity / parking etc but i wouldn't hold my breath
My Wife has started a new job, and she's had to be based over in Westcombe Park until the practice where she'll be working in Eltham is ready (thankfully the 1st Sept) - Its only thanks to the outstanding help from @Charlton_Charlie here on CharltonLife, that she's been able to sort out Parking permits.
Otherwise its ridiculous that you can work from somewhere in one of the Royal Greenwich CPZ's, and be unable to source a way to park your car, because even the businesses themselves, have restrictions on how many permits they're allowed to apply for.
Many Local Authorities dream up vacuous mission statements about making their areas 'better places to live, work and enjoy all aspects of free time' etc blah blah. Covering Greenwich with comprehensive over-restrictively proposals of this kind will actively oppose many such objectives and place Greenwich and its residents, businesses and leisure activities at a disadvantage compared with the many Boroughs that will chose to act less restrictively. Isn't this blindingly obvious?
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Joking aside your sentiment is right. It’s not what people want the council to do.
On the bright side, its made me a fortune in night work over the last decade or so
Sorry to burst your bubble Baldybonce additional parking on Woolwich Common will not be allowed. It is owned by the Ministry of Defence.
Does not the council have a duty to welcome visitors to their borough,not only for football,but to their parks,monuments,museums,and town centres.When people get fed up with being fleeced they will not come,and like London under Genghis Khan,Greenwich will suffer.
https://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/directory_record/1038778/charlton
Otherwise its ridiculous that you can work from somewhere in one of the Royal Greenwich CPZ's, and be unable to source a way to park your car, because even the businesses themselves, have restrictions on how many permits they're allowed to apply for.