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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 first objective. It will take a while for volunteers to amend and update these pages to reflect that. In the meantime, our work is not yet done. Residents will be consulted one more time on the design for a scheme and we intend to make sure that everyone knows about that work and has their opportunity to test the Council's proposals.

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The topics marked (NEW) have been updated since 3 January 2020.

The topics marked (NEW) have been updated since 11 January 2020.

The topics marked (NEW) have been updated in June and July 2020.
Moving forward, we may start to remove some topics if they are no longer relevant.

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

• 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? (NEW) 

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

• 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? (NEW)

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

• What about drives and garages? (NEW)

• What are the costs of a parking permit?

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

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

• 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? (NEW)

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

• What is SAPC doing now? (NEW)

• How can I get involved now?  (NEW)

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

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