Guest 699- Registered: 3 Jun 2010
- Posts: 292
#1
in the winter there is only the odd car on the seafront paying the charges
wish we took the attiude of eastbourne council where it is 50p for the day
and yesterday for the service and opening of new memorial garden , did dover council suspend parking charges for the day ?
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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#2
Wait until they go up in May Ron!
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Guest 699- Registered: 3 Jun 2010
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#3
all for making as much money as possible april to september
nice to see the seafront full of campers in the summer with the owners walking along the seafront spending money in the restaurants ------- will start at easter with the journeys to somewhere in euroland
will go along seafront in next 2 days and see how many cars parked opposite gateway flats will guess under 5
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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#4
The camper van issue does come along, like the Swallows to Capistrano, with calls for toilets and fresh water outlets. It is a pity that a piece of land near the front could not be fitted-out to cater for such visitors. With parking charges at a minimum with an eye to the broader local economy benefits.
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Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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#5
Ah,Tom, I love that song, brings back memories...
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Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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#6
I think we carried an item recently that said the seafront parking charges were in fact going UP Ron ( as mentioned there by JHG )...so little chance of them hitting the all day 50p mark...and no , parking charges were not suspended for the memorial garden ceremony. Not as far as I can tell, all looked normal, there were no bays cordoned off or whathaveyou.
Guest 699- Registered: 3 Jun 2010
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#7
tom --- we want the campers to turn up and use the toilets and spend their money in the seafront restauarnts
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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#8
...but Ron, I have read here that few 'want' folk cooking etc. along the promenade. I did say "near the sea front". Tut-tutting is unlikely to persuade many who desist their public ablutions to avail themselves of the selection of eateries you mention. Although those sea-front diners will already be tolerant of casual dress and (*) children.
[*Yes folks. It's the 'Supply your own adjective.' competition.]
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PatrickS
- Location: Marine Parade, Dover
- Registered: 19 Sep 2015
- Posts: 448
#9
DDC have just approved new parking restrictions and charges for the seafront. Despite objectors being in the majority following ‘consultation’ the scheme was approved with The Board recommending the scheme, as advertised, be brought into effect.
Inter alia the changes will ban motor homes and camper vans during the day along a stretch of the seafront and impose a £10 charge for those vehicles if they park ‘overnight’ from 6pm.
Details appear on DDC website at page 54 if anyone is interested in ploughing through it.
https://moderngov.dover.gov.uk/documents/g3542/Public%20reports%20pack%2018th-Mar-2021%2018.00%20Dover%20Joint%20Transportation%20Advisory%20Board.pdf?T=10
or at
http://www.dover.gov.uk/
click “Councillors and Elections” then “Meetings and Agendas”, then use the calendar at the bottom to find and click-on the meeting on the 18 September 2021 (see Agenda Item 11, pages 54 –
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Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
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#10
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Inter alia the changes will ban motor homes and camper vans during the day along a stretch of the seafront and impose a £10 charge for those vehicles if they park ‘overnight’ from 6pm.
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Unless, of course, they are from the traveling 'community', who park for free wherever they like, any charge being on local Council Tax payers to clear up after them!
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson