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27/08/2014
Call For More Parking Spaces At New Housing Developments
Councils are being urged to provide more parking spaces for new housing developments.
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has called for more parking to be provided after it was revealed clogged up streets leave motorists with unfair fines and restrictions.
The government is proposing further action is taken to rein back in arbitrary 'maximum parking standards', which have previously prevented and restricted house builders from providing homes with car parking spaces that families want and need.
Mr Pickles, said: "Families want a home with space for children to play in the garden and somewhere to park and load the car or cars. The consequences of not building this are there for all to see: more cars left on the curb, more cars parked in the streets, more municipal parking restrictions and more parking tickets.
"No space at home leaves no space on the road. We need to cease this vicious cycle that leaves our streets endlessly clogged up. Allowing the market to offer enough parking spaces will help take the pressure off our congested roads."
(CD/MH)
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has called for more parking to be provided after it was revealed clogged up streets leave motorists with unfair fines and restrictions.
The government is proposing further action is taken to rein back in arbitrary 'maximum parking standards', which have previously prevented and restricted house builders from providing homes with car parking spaces that families want and need.
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Mr Pickles, said: "Families want a home with space for children to play in the garden and somewhere to park and load the car or cars. The consequences of not building this are there for all to see: more cars left on the curb, more cars parked in the streets, more municipal parking restrictions and more parking tickets.
"No space at home leaves no space on the road. We need to cease this vicious cycle that leaves our streets endlessly clogged up. Allowing the market to offer enough parking spaces will help take the pressure off our congested roads."
(CD/MH)
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