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There's a lot of information in these FAQs that relates to our campaign to persuade the Council to support the principle of a residents' parking scheme.  That campaign has now achieved its objective. It will take a while for volunteers to amend and update these pages to reflect that. In the meantime, there's a lot of information here that our some of our supporters tell us that they want to hang on to. Bear with us: the task of updating this content is not a small one. Moving forward, we may start to remove some topics if they are no longer relevant. If there is information here that you feel should be retained or amended - please use the contact us link at the foot of this page.

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• What does the SAPC think about the Council's July 2020 scheme design?

• What are the parking problems that you’re worried about?

• What is causing the parking problems?

• Which roads are you including in your campaign and why? 

• Why are you including my street, there’s no parking problem here? 

• Didn’t the area vote against parking controls in 2015? No means no, surely.

• Why are you raising parking issues again?

• How did my street vote in 2015 and 2018? 

• Why are you suggesting we pay for residents permits – they’re much too expensive?

• What about drives and garages? 

• What are the costs of a parking permit?

• What is the difference between a "Full Touch" and "Light Touch" Scheme? 

• What about parking demand caused by nurseries, schools and colleges? 

• What effect do parking problems have on air quality?

• What effects does parking have on road safety?

• What about the effect of a parking scheme on elderly and disabled people? 

• Wouldn’t one solution just be to not use a car? That would be better for the environment.

• What is SAPC doing now? 

• How can I get involved now?  

• How did we vote in the Council's 2020 consultation? 

• 20 reasons to vote Yes for a parking scheme in 2020