Parking penalty

I was recently contacted by a resident of a new block of flats in the heart of Putney who had been caught in an absurd parking loophole.

When new developments are given planning permission nowadays the council rightly requires the developer to provide off-street car parking spaces and thereafter the residents of these new apartments become ineligible for residents' permits in the surrounding parking zone.

But for my constituent the problem is that she bought in the shared-ownership section rather than the main development and the owners did not allocate any parking spaces for this part of their scheme. So she's now caught between the council saying they won't give her a residential parking permit for her zone and the developers who won't give her an off-street parking space either.

This is clearly unfair, and I've got involved to make sure that either the Council or the developer backs down. Fairly applied the council's policy of preventing those with off-street parking spaces from having residential parking permits as well is not unreasonable - but banning residents who don't have that luxury is plain wrong.

If you've experienced similar problems and would like my help, do get in touch - email stuart.king@putneylabour.org.uk