to be annoyed at having to pay council £15 to park outside my own house

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permit used to be free but not they want £15 per year to park my (only) car on the road, which doesn't even belong to them but county council

am livid as out of work at the moment and don't need this extra charge

£35 per year.

you don't have to buy a permit - you could park else where and walk back to your own house - no one is forcing you to make this payment.

The residents in the street will have originally asked for residents permits - so blame your neighbours if you don't like it

Sardine
The 15 quid the op is moaning about hardly comes into the rip off category, as others have said, the 15 quid probably barely covers the admin of the permit scheme.

I would have to walk a distance of some miles to park on a road without parking restrictions

That was the other thing the council bloke said - that they were imposing restrictions on all roads even if not required by residents as at £100 a pop it's a good money-spinner.

Well OK he didn't say that outright but it is clear from the various comments he has made over the years.

Grrrrrrrrrr.

£120/year here. Can buy 'guest' permits (100 max/annum) at £5.50/day. Without permits it's £2-3/hour street parking here.

We are about £6 an hour here if you don't have a per it and you can't get short term or guest ones. After 8pm, before 8am that is.

An extra private parking space in a private car cost a £10,000 when I bought my property.

The fact you have to buy a permit may not be a negative thing if you own the property. The fact you have a scheme to restrict non-residents from parking and ensure you have parking may actually be of benefit to a potential buyer...

A space here is about £35k and they are teensy.

right, OP Yanbu to be upset to be charged for parkign on your own street.
No matter how cheap that might be.

I am that most of the other posters can't see that it's unreasonable for them to be charged for parking in front of their own house!

I have nothing against Permit Parking, but it should be free to residents (with maybe a charge for additional cars or extra permits for visitors)
The scheme should be paid for by charging the non-residents for parking in the car parks/parking bays.

I can see how residents parking is annoying if not required. But we are the only street in area without it and are suffering from the knock on effect cybbo talks about.

I fully accept you can park where you like if you pay road tax but it is fucking Mildly annoying when your road becomes a car park for the station, local school, uni residents etc.

how far is a distance? Is it the same length as a piece of string

my dad's mate drove into town one morning for coffee with his mates, on getting on the bus to go home he had a row with the driver about the time - as his OAP bus pass doesn't work till after 9.30am, on arriving home he thought how lovely it was not to have to find a parking space - then the penny dropped...

pay road tax - no one pays road tax it was abolished over 70 year ago

We were in the congestion charge zone before it moved and we had to pay to take the car around the corner to fill up on petrol. That really sucked.

Ok ivykaty am not living in the 30s but point was about paying vehicle tax and parking etc

Which reminds me of the madness parking in "your own spot" can induce. One of our neighbours not only "saves her spot" with bins but barricades her car with tarpaulin, polystyrene blocks round it and road comes either side so no one can come too near ...

I can see why it would be annoying if it was free to park before. Perhaps it would be worth organising a demo or fb campaign? Our council wanted to charge for permits and there was such a fuss locally they changed their minds, even though my street is on the same road as the school and five minutes walk from a shopping centre, and parking is very difficult.

I wouldn't have minded them charging as now I pay for enforcement through my council tax, even though I don't own a car, and I have great difficultly crossing the road with a pram or getting out of a taxi as the cars are parked so close together. There never seems to be any wardens around at school pick up and drop off, which is daft as I think the council could make a fortune!

£15 is cheap if its street parking - if parking on your own drive its bloody cheeky though! We live in London - not even particularly central London - and its £140! And we often have to park several streets away from our house.

A garage is more expensive.

Any parking restrictions will cover to back of footpath. So parking on the grass will get you a ticket! Though you could get a dropped kerb put in if you have a front garden. Petition your local councillor if you're really put out!

Erm, there are newbuilds (and old flats) all over the place where that is the case, sydney. It is quite common. That doesn't mean it is fun for the OP to discover suddenly that her street, which does not get parked up, is not being used for permit-only parking.

Is that per year? That's very cheap. It's 50 euros here, and the fine is only 25 euros. We didn't pay the first year and only got fined once.

Sorry, I didn't mean to be snippy sydney - more pissed off about the situation!

Where I live, you have to really hunt for a place that comes with parking. The same is true in several other cities I know of, through friends having the same problem. I think it is quite normal, but of course it is annoying.