{"id":15553,"date":"2023-12-31T14:03:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T14:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/?p=15553"},"modified":"2023-12-31T14:41:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T14:41:50","slug":"proposed-parking-charges-in-tavistock-and-okehampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/?p=15553","title":{"rendered":"Proposed parking charges in Tavistock and Okehampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-15553\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-15553-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-15553-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-15553-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Parking charges consultation ends 7th January - be quick!<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/p_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/p_-1024x649.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/p_-1024x649.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/p_-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/p_-768x486.png 768w, https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/p_-1536x973.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/p_-2048x1297.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a>Devon County Council has announced plans to introduce on street parking charges in Tavistock and Okehampton despite opposition from just about everyone. Not only is there strong opposition to the proposed charges DCC have not provided any evidence to support the benefits that they believe the charges will bring (better air quality, less traffic and better access to premises).<\/p>\n<p>The consultation period ends at the end on the next week (7th January). Please click on the link below to send your thoughts to DCC about what appears to be another cash grab. There is more information on the following sites:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tavistockbid.co.uk\/stop-the-meters-campaign\">Stop The Meters Campaign | Tavistock BID<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tavistock-today.co.uk\/news\/tavistock-parking-charge-protest-petition-huge-support-608552\">Tavistock parking charge protest petition huge support | tavistock-today.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/parking\/traffic-regulation-orders\/proposed-pay-and-display\/\">Proposed Pay and Display - Roads and transport (devon.gov.uk)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can send your comments using the form here <a href=\"http:\/\/shorturl.at\/ozJM7\">Parking Charges Response Form<\/a> and sign the petition here\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/stop-the-meters-protect-tavistock-town-centre-keep-parking-free\">Petition \u00b7 Stop The Meters! Protect Tavistock Town Centre - Keep Parking Free. \u00b7 Change.org<\/a> and another here\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visit-tavistock.co.uk\/petition\">Petition | Tavistock (visit-tavistock.co.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-15553-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-15553-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-15553-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-15553\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/leaflet1.jpg\" width=\"629\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/leaflet1.jpg 629w, https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/leaflet1-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" title=\"Parking charges leaflet #1\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-15553-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-15553-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-15553\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/leaflet-2-768x1089.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"1089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/leaflet-2-768x1089.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/leaflet-2-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/leaflet-2-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/leaflet-2-1083x1536.jpg 1083w, https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/leaflet-2.jpg 1410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" title=\"Parking charges leaflet #2\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devon County Council has announced plans to introduce on street parking charges in Tavistock and Okehampton despite opposition from just about everyone. Not only is there strong opposition to the proposed charges DCC have not provided any evidence to support the benefits that they believe the charges will bring (better air quality, less traffic and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,7,8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-information","category-featured","category-news","category-ongoing-community-issues","category-parish-council"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15553"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15561,"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15553\/revisions\/15561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}