Service Description: Parking Services deal with parking enforcement issues over the Island including pay and display locations and on street parking contraventions. Priority areas are usually those where illegally parked vehicles cause safety issues, congestion and also slow down other road users. Parking services also deal with a variety of parking permits for various schemes over the Island.
Also known as:- Bay Suspensions, Council Car Parks, Dispensations for Parking, Free Parking in Selected Car Parks, Parking General Enquiries , Parking Services
Answer: Most people would like to use their cars when they want to, park close to their destination and have a space outside their homes on return. There is, however, too much demand for this type of use and just not enough space on the roads and in parking facilities to allow this to happen. To many people, cars are the source of accidents; cars littering streets have a negative impact on the environment of residential streets; and traffic trapped in congestion causes severe pollution. Consequently, the Council has adopted policies to control the use and the parking of cars throughout the Isle of Wight while still accommodating access to all the attractions of the Island and residential properties.