Blue Badge parking charges

alanthemanc

I've just read that Oldham Council are going to start charging Blue Badge holders for parking.
I know other councils, like Bury and Rochdale don't charge, but I bet that if Oldham get away with it, they will follow suit. What is the situation like in your town , or aorund the country, I'm not going to Oldham any time soon by the way. Alanthemanc

tjt6768

alanthemanc wrote:

I've just read that Oldham Council are going to start charging Blue Badge holders for parking.
I know other councils, like Bury and Rochdale don't charge, but I bet that if Oldham get away with it, they will follow suit. What is the situation like in your town , or aorund the country, I'm not going to Oldham any time soon by the way. Alanthemanc

Can't say I blame ya, I'm not either.. :shock:
Still free here in Leeds, as you say though, if they bloody get away with it that's it, rest will follow rubbing their greedy paws!!

Tony

alanthemanc

tjr6768
Dead right, once one Council has a so called brainwave idea, the rest will follow as sure as anything.
You should get paid yourself for parking in Oldham, a real rat- hole of a place, only slightly better than Rochdale.
2 POUNDS AN HOUR TO PARK IN OLDHAM, someones havin a laugh. Alanthemanc

dreamdaisy

I see no reason why councils shouldn't charge for parking in their car parks - after all we are parking just as anyone else is, we just need more room. Suffolk doesn't charge, but Norfolk does. NCP always charges for their car parks. Parking on single yellow, or double yellow (if applicable, not where there are loading lines or crossings etc) avoids any fee. Simples. DD

alanthemanc

D.D.
Oldham will be empty of disabled people very soon, a real no go area now. ( but it was before). hahah

alanthemanc

Go to Suffolk

tjt6768

Or Leeds

alanthemanc

I wonder if we could organise a go slow around Oldham, but it wouldn't work because everything in Oldham moves slow

tjt6768

And if you go slower than 5mph they knick ya tyres, even off the wheelchairs

julie47

If I park in leeds I have always been charged unless on the roadside. Where is it free? Tony apart from WRose

Juliepf x

I dont mind paying as long as they give us an hour free, some places charge like tis.

tjt6768

Any of the pay and display in town centre are free for blue badge holders, not the private car parks though, you'd have to check what they're rules are, they decide basically.. There's always the disabled bays too, dortmund square has some, then there are a few on albion street, on eastgate opposite Pri-marni... I have always parked in the pay and displays no problem though, should be able to park there 24hrs I think..


Tony

julie47

thank you

juliepf x

tjt6768

No worries Julie

Tony