Fees at 21 of East Devon’s car parks are to double to £2 per hour, despite strong opposition from local businesses, Conservative councillors and the local MP.
Lace Walk car park in Honiton
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Sunday parking charges are set to be introduced in car parks in Ottery St Mary, Honiton and Axminster, with evening charges to be introduced across the district.
East Devon District Council’s present car parking tariffs already treat Sundays as a normal trading day in their coastal towns along with Colyton and Lympstone. But for historic reasons, they have never asked for payment for use of their car parks in Ottery St Mary, Honiton and Axminster on Sundays.
But the Car Parking Task and Finish Forum backed proposals from officers for this to end as ‘there is no logical reason to continue with this no charges on Sundays’ policy in these towns’.