I live close to the wednesday ground. Most days I don't get to park infront of my house because there are too many cars to the number of houses. (also it doesn't help that they park like inconciderate selfish halfwitts, but thats another issue). When there is a game on its impossible to park.

I was thinking of writing to the council to ask about permit parking but unsure how it works. Obviously I don't ant to apply for it if going to cost me a fortune etc.

also do you get one permit per household? person in each houshold? per car (registered specifically to a reg no) etc etc?

Finally do people stick to the rules? anyone here live in a permit parking area? do you find people park there that shouldn't regardless of the permits? Can these people be reported and is anything done about it?

Its no biggie, but curious!

fanx :)

its called a residents parking scheme.

contact the traffic management department of sheffield council.

don't worry over the next few years it will become easier and easier to park..just be patient:thumbsup:

i think in the not too distant future sheffield city council is contemplating charging people to park on roadsides ie you would pay for a residents permit that would entitle you to park outside your house this idea is supposedly to stop non residents just leaving their cars while they go shopping etc but this will probably be quite expensive £120 a year? they are also considering a congestion charge (8-£10) per day within a 4 mile radius of town centres,i think this is just another stealth tax on working people which also makes it more expensive to run their cars.(i heard this from someone who works for local government and is very well informed)

Originally posted by vmax
they are also considering a congestion charge (8-£10) per day within a 4 mile radius of town centres,

That just about covers all Sheffield, so every one who lives here will be paying?

the council says it is in the public interest to use green public transport ,also higher charges for running a car would encourage people to use public transport and cut down on global warming mmm

We have a parking permit scheme where we live in Netherthorpe. Permit costs £25 per year, but it is a waste of money as there is nothing you can do when other people park in the spaces. Also the council give out more permits for the street than spaces allow.

Parking services say that they only accept postal applications to a PO Box, but I found out where they are based (44 Garden Street) and went in in person.

If you want more information before deciding whether to get one, you can reach the Parking Services manager on 2735886.

Also I work by close to the end of ecclesall road. the parking provided by the company i work for it totally insufficient. I would say 70 spots for 300 people. carpark is full by 7:10am!!!

Last year they double yellowed just about everywhere within a 10 minute walk radius of the building and now I believe they are turning all local streets into permit holders only.

I can understand how frustrating it must be for local residents to go out and come back to every street being full of workers cars but what are all these people supposed to do with their cars? many don't live in sheffield etc.

Sheffield council only seem interested in forcing us onto overpriced public transport, wether it be by parking restrictions or ridiculous traffic management.

as an aside:

If it was to be for 'global warming' issues we would all be driving hydrogen fuel cells cars by now, the technology is there but £££ makes the world go round.

Personally I think they should restrict ALL drivers under 25 to driving something like a Smart Car. take up half a car in size so better for parking, better for the environment, not so quick so safer for young drivers etc Insurance would be universal, cheaper to fix as so many cars would be the same bulk buying on parts for garages etc which shoudl make insurance claims less and prices lower etc. you get the picture.

.....and allow a second car for use with limited mileage etc but only if it can be stored off the road. (this would even effect me but I would agree to it) But we all know something like this is never going to happen.

Originally posted by Patchy
We have a parking permit scheme where we live in Netherthorpe. Permit costs £25 per year, but it is a waste of money as there is nothing you can do when other people park in the spaces. Also the council give out more permits for the street than spaces allow.

I presume you're referring to vehicles who don't have a permit to park. You can report them to Parking Services. They won't necessarily be able to anything on the spot, but if they get enough complaints in I imagine they'll make the time to have a swoop on the area.

If you contact the council they will tell you the same as they told me- get the residents to sign an application letter with justification, and then we'll send you an acknowledgement letter and tell you that there's no planning money to do this work in the current forthcoming financial year, and that will be that.

We applied 5 years ago, and every occupied house in the street signed the petition, but apparently if Hillsborough's going to go 'residents only' then it will be done for all of the streets in the area (like the area round collegiate) not just one, and it will be operational Mon-Fri during business hours, which will not address most of our street's specific problems (restaurant parking of cars left overnight on our street rather than in the car park, and similar).

Sorry I can't paint a better picture for you, but I'm not sure that the amount of work necessary to coordinate the application was reflected in the result (ie zilch return.

Originally posted by pberry
I presume you're referring to vehicles who don't have a permit to park. You can report them to Parking Services. They won't necessarily be able to anything on the spot, but if they get enough complaints in I imagine they'll make the time to have a swoop on the area.

They do swoops now and then, but it doesn't make much difference. Even if they get a ticket once a week, they may consider £30 ok for a week's parking. I think for the system to work, they should get the power to tow vehicles away if they have ticketed them more than once.

Thanks for your replies peeps. don't think I'll bother now, sounds like a load of effort for very little return :(

We'll all be flying to work soon anyhow!! ha ha ;)

cheers, Al :)

Please don't try to make Hillsborough a Resident's Parking area - it's one of the main reasons I moved from where I used to live!
If you moved near to a football stadium then you surely have to accept that the traffic/parking will occasionally be bad? You really should have thought about it/looked into it before moving there.
Also, a Resident's Parking scheme won't solve your primary problem because the schemes tend to work like this:
- one permit per household (that you have to pay quite a large amount for each year)
- a permit does not guarantee a space
- additional permits cost considerably more
- you have to apply for visitor's permits if you have guests
- in all the schemes I've seen implemented, when they come round to paint the 'bays' you'll also note a dramatic number of yellow lines appear where cars previously used to park. Net result is that you pay for a permit that gives you less of a chance of being able to park in the same space where you used to park for free.
IMO, the way they are implemented in Sheffield is akin to just another tax - they're not put in place for the benefit of the residents, just the benefit of the council's coffers.