When my daughter wants shopping when staying with us, she always says it’s easier to just drive to Bell Green as it is at least free parking, & from where we live is just as quick if not quicker as she avoids the traffic at Forest Hill.
I don’t enjoy the Gulag vibe there
I’ve never thought of it like that I must say!
It’s in no way like the Gulag because the McDonalds is still open.
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I’ve noticed more tickets on cars in this car park. I do think the signage needs improving, or could a lack of signage be part of the revenue raising plan?
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The council does need to raise funds after budget cuts, this setup is easy money 
I think they’d need to ticket about 100,000 cars to make a dent in their £250m budget. 
Every business has to start somewhere with revenue, this is their start.
I’ve been to a few Lewisham car parks in the last week and have noticed the removal of parking meters across the board.
Pearcefield won’t be the only car park seeing increases in tickets, FH is not the only place affected.
Tickets = Cash, the old meters worked and I don’t see any other council removing these, Greenwich and Southwark seem to still have meters so the ULEZ reason is just an excuse.
(I’ll call Lewisham a business as they are now acting like a commercial business not a public organisation caring for all residents with different access levels).
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They couldn’t set tariffs based on vehicle pollution. Once Lewisham made the decision to test this new pricing methodology, they need the payment system to be linked to a registration database.
The problem is that higher parking prices aren’t going to worry people who drive cars with big polluting engines - increasing tax on diesel would make much more difference, and tax the second hand car market on most polluting vehicles. But if the government won’t do these then the local council might as well cash in on the gas-guzzling cars that are driving round London.
Commonsense disappeared long before we voted to leave whatever it is that you’re referring to; it disappeared when “the computer says no” became the go to response.
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Thanks for your reply Michael, sorry if I am being dense but where would I pay in Dartmouth Road?
I think he is referring to a ‘paypoint’:
https://consumer.paypoint.com/cashout
According to the map there are several on Dartmouth road
So you can use these cash machines to pay for parking?
Is a paypoint a cash machine? If so then I guess the answer is yes.
Edit: I had a look at the webpage. They are not can machines. They are places, probably typically shops, where one can pay bills.
According to paragraph 2c in the pdf notice I posted earlier in this thread: yes, you can pay in cash at these paypoints (if you can find one and get there and back before you’re nicked). I’ll try to post the relevant section as a screenshot below.
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The pay machines were often out of order - or at least one of them was.
I agree with others this is not a good system for those that struggle with new technology
It’s a pity that they cant use cameras on entry to read number plates so anyone who is there less than the free period doesn’t have to bother with the app.
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It also means you can plug in a electric car at the house instead of running a cable out across the pavement or having to find a charging point.
In a perfect world…
In Lewisham world they use the ANPR (cameras) to generate fines, but not to save you trouble. At least this is how Bellingham Leisure Centre (council owned but parking ‘managed’ by APCOA) works - ie you need to get a permit for the free period despite the presence of ANPR.
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