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Resident permits - Waltham Forest
By: timoteus Date: April 11, 2025, 9:22 am
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I recently moved in with my partner into an apartment (which
they already owned) in one of the private housing blocks on
Hoffman's Road (link:
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/cmn1WcBhKwQRyzSU8).
I have always owned
a car prior to this (and never lived in any location where
parking at my own residence was an issue).
However, there are only a limited number of parking spaces
available for residents on the estate (not council run) - very
few of the residents have their own spaces, and are usually
forced to compete with each other at auction whenever one of
these becomes available to purchase. My partner does not own
one.
I have been on the council website
(
HTML https://www.myringgo.com/walthamforest/permitapplications/info/94157/H)<br
/>to obtain a resident's permit for the streets adjacent within
my
zone (BL), but have been met with this statement:
[quote]Annual resident permits are only available to Waltham
Forest residents who live within a controlled parking zone and
are not living in part of a car free development.[/quote]
I'm not entirely certain what this means, but from speaking to
neighbors it seems that "car free development" applies to us. If
so I'm beyond frustrated - I personally would never have bought
an apartment here myself if I had known these terms, but the
circumstances were unforeseen/unavoidable from my pov. We're
unfortunately not in a position to move anywhere short term, but
I do need access to my car which I am now unable to park where I
live. Rock and hard place.
Can anyone offer me any advice (legal or otherwise) to handle
this situation? I get that the council are trying to manage a
borough with over crowded roads and insufficient space to handle
an expanding number of car owners, but they seem to be tackling
this in a very discriminatory way.
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Re: Resident permits - Waltham Forest
By: Southpaw82 Date: April 11, 2025, 9:56 am
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Discriminatory how? What protected characteristic is engaged?
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Re: Resident permits - Waltham Forest
By: timoteus Date: April 11, 2025, 10:43 am
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[quote author=Southpaw82 link=topic=5904.msg66644#msg66644
date=1744383382]
What protected characteristic is engaged?
[/quote]
None that I'm aware of alas.
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