Residents speak up in favour of the Palmers Green East permit parking scheme

Please say YES to Parking for Residents (CPZ)

(Text of flyer circulated by a group of local residents who support the CPZ proposals which addresses some misleading points contained in a leaflet distributed by Stop Palmers Green East CPZ and the Green Lanes Business Association)

Search Palmers Green East CPZ, take the survey and say YES to the plans.

The reasons parking for residents works:

1. There will be more space. Abandoned cars and multiple vehicles stored by local businesses/garages will go. Vans and relocation trucks that are left for days on our road blocking light will no longer be able to park for free. People will also remove their unused cars.

2. It will stop shop workers taking spots for residents who need it, like the rest of London, while still providing alternatives nearby.

3. It costs £155 a year for a large family car 1.6L (1599cc). A cup of coffee a week.

4. The council is not making money out of the CPZ - funding is also coming from TFL and designed to pay for itself to implement. Councils cannot legally use CPZ’s to raise revenues (search Barnet CPZ case)

5. Prices will NOT go up every year. The last set of prices stayed the same for 7 years on Devonshire Road, N13.

6. Better air quality. It would reduce traffic and speed as fewer people would use the road, knowing they can’t park.

7. Almost all other high streets in London have residents' parking off them. It encourages locals to love their area more as it’s not a dusty car park and therefore spend nearby. Almost nobody petitions for CPZs to be taken out!

8. Less litter from non-locals “car emptying” their rubbish on the road.

9. Easier for your deliveries, less aggression. Our roads are thin and mass parking is very dangerous.

10. Many have campaigned for residents parking for years. Families will stop leaving our street because of the stress of parking so far away, creating an increased demand for houses.

Download the flyer