Locals slam ‘devastating’ new council plan that will see drivers pay more for parking – pointing out key flaw [Video]

LOCALS have slammed a “devastating” new council plan that would see drivers pay more for parking.

South Hams District Council in Devon is consulting its residents on whether to increase parking charges in order to help fund other services.

However, instead of raising fees for all parking users, the plans would only target non-residents, charging them twice as much as locals.

If the proposal is successful, it would make the authority one of the first in England to introduce a two-tier parking fee policy.

South Hams District Council Leader Julian Brazil told the BBC that extra money is needed to pay for waste collection, to keep leisure centres open, and to look after the beaches and streets.

However, Sue Hawkins, who owns Nature’s Larder in Ivybridge, slammed the plans as “short-sighted” and “devastating”, …