JLL (Jones Lang Lasalle) are managing the St James Car park on behalf of Legal & General - the site owners.
JLL manage other car parking areas in Kent including one in Broadstairs adjacent to the Free Westwood Cross car park.
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g635678-d2141303-r350466398-Westwood_Cross-Broadstairs_Isle_of_Thanet_Kent_England.html
DDC have nothing to do with JLL or L&G’s decision to employ them. They have however reacted to the imposition of 7 day charges at St James by a recent decision to impose Sunday CP charges in areas around St James.
Not sure whether this amounts to what came first - the chicken or the egg!
DDC’s reasoning and decision to impose the Sunday charges is opposed by Scrutiny Committee on Tuesday and subject to further consultation with wider implications beyond DDC controlled parking in Dover.
Whatever, the St James Retail Shopping Area appears to be solidly charging for car parking 7 days a week with a 30 minute free ‘click & collect’ period only.
ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) will monitor vehicles in and out of the site.
Is this the correct way to go about attracting residents and visitors to a new in town retail development?
Whilst DDC have little or no control over the parking in St James they DO control the car parks and on street parking around the St James development.
Instead of imposing further Sunday charges they should be heading in the opposite direction, even to the extent of reducing their charges, in effect encouraging people into the area with increased ‘churning’ resulting in higher revenues. If not yet a further lost cause for Dover and Dover’s retail businesses.
