Council takes charge of parking

Control of parking enforcement is to be handed over to Nottinghamshire County Council from the police.

From Monday, 21 enforcement officers will cover the county, taking responsibility for on-street parking and council-owned car parks.

Penalty charge notices will be handed out for breaches of parking regulations but cars will not be clamped or towed.

The money raised from parking fines will be put back into the county's enforcement team.

'No change'

Councillor Stella Smedley, Nottinghamshire County Council's cabinet member for the environment, said: "Effective parking enforcement discourages the abuse of limited waiting parking spaces in town centres and prevents able-bodied motorists using... spaces allocated for disabled drivers.

"Drivers who park properly and legally will notice no change other than easier access to parking spaces and less congestions caused by illegal parking."

District and borough councils will manage their own parking enforcement and the county council will handle the processing of penalty charge notices and appeals.