Drivers caught out by pub parking fines
Staffordshire Newsletter
by Matt Davies
CONTROVERSIAL parking fines at a Walton pub have sparked fury amid claims that more than 30 people were caught in one day as a security van lay in wait.
Restrictions were introduced at the Lamb Inn, on Eccleshall Road, last Thursday by the pub’s owners Enterprise Inns.
Furious residents contacted the Newsletter complaining that signs on the car park were small and hidden in a bid to catch as many people as possible.
A second resident, who did not wish to be named, said that a van belonging to the company managing the car park, Central Ticketing, had been stationed just outside the boundary. As soon as drivers had parked and left the site, security staff issued tickets on the vehicles.
Angry resident Bob Jones, of St Vincent Road, said: "I’ve been told that 35 tickets were issued on the first day. I was caught myself.
"I just went round the corner to the chip shop and corner shop. People only park there for five minutes and then go, it has been going on for years. The signs are so small, it is almost impossible to notice them.
"If there had been proper signage then it would have been OK I think what they are doing is disgusting."
The 52-year-old said he had been fined £60 but the fee would increase to £85 after 14 days. if not paid.
Landlady Pauline Groucott said the pub’s owners Enterprise Inns had introduced the fines. She declined to make further comment.
A spokeswoman for Enterprise Inns said: "While this an Enterprise pub, this business is run by the licensee and it is their responsibility to make any decision about car parking facilities.
"We are aware that there have been some issues regarding improper use of the car park, which has resulted in new car parking restrictions being introduced."
by Matt Davies
CONTROVERSIAL parking fines at a Walton pub have sparked fury amid claims that more than 30 people were caught in one day as a security van lay in wait.
Restrictions were introduced at the Lamb Inn, on Eccleshall Road, last Thursday by the pub’s owners Enterprise Inns.
Furious residents contacted the Newsletter complaining that signs on the car park were small and hidden in a bid to catch as many people as possible.
A second resident, who did not wish to be named, said that a van belonging to the company managing the car park, Central Ticketing, had been stationed just outside the boundary. As soon as drivers had parked and left the site, security staff issued tickets on the vehicles.
Angry resident Bob Jones, of St Vincent Road, said: "I’ve been told that 35 tickets were issued on the first day. I was caught myself.
"I just went round the corner to the chip shop and corner shop. People only park there for five minutes and then go, it has been going on for years. The signs are so small, it is almost impossible to notice them.
"If there had been proper signage then it would have been OK I think what they are doing is disgusting."
The 52-year-old said he had been fined £60 but the fee would increase to £85 after 14 days. if not paid.
Landlady Pauline Groucott said the pub’s owners Enterprise Inns had introduced the fines. She declined to make further comment.
A spokeswoman for Enterprise Inns said: "While this an Enterprise pub, this business is run by the licensee and it is their responsibility to make any decision about car parking facilities.
"We are aware that there have been some issues regarding improper use of the car park, which has resulted in new car parking restrictions being introduced."
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