Of course it is the cost of enforcement, but the plan was that after the first year it would be self financed which quite obvously it is not. The burden of cost falls on the taxpayer which just shows how incompendent DCC councillors are, even after paying a private company £300.000 to do a survey, for which they did not complete a report, as DCC did not ask for one.
willosindawlish, You may remember Devon CC have been losing £600.000 per year since 2008 re parking, now Mid Devon have just lost £46.000 you can guess who has to make up the shortfall. Just goes to show they are great planners and fully understand financial affairs.
BBC News - Devon County Council parking management investigated
The last time I tried Gays it was dreadful, contained small strips of grisle. I have found the best in the bakers on the corner by Poppadoms
I cannot answer that question at the moment, when I find the answer I will post it. But as you have used Google to find certain persons and answers, check it yourself or ask a solicitor
Clamping on private land officialy stops October 2012
For those of you who are interested BBC Spotlight have picked the story
Paul, You are quite right to say rip it up as they have no legal standing, the important thing is NOT to enter into a letter writing exercise with them, just ignore all the threatening letters and they will go away, they rely on the fear factor which makes people pay. I was told today by a det/sergeant fraud squad that clamping on private land stops in October. this article is interesting ...
CPM(SW) Do not clamp, I believe for that reason they are not members of the BPA (British Parking Assc), if they are it is not shown on their web site. This I find a little strange. ""Charges The offending vehicle has 14 days to pay the Parking Charge Notice of £100.00, which is reduced to £50.00 if payment is made within 7 days of issue. In the event that a vehicle does not make payment ...
MugOnHead, Much as I hate to say it but the signs in shutteron are legal. I ran the fotos by a road traffic expert