Plenty of parking available.

I am very worried about the proposal that I have been told about to bring in controlled parking into the North Dulwich area.

I am a lodger in this area. My own house and home is in a village in East Sussex. However, I live in North Dulwich during the week as I work in London.

I am not a heavy car user. I have a car as I need to drive up from East Sussex on a Sunday night or Monday morning and back again at the end of the working week on Friday afternoons. I need to do this as the there is no train station in my village and I often have to bring up or take home work papers and other bulky items. During the week I use public transport or cycle. This means that during the week I leave my car parked on the street close to the house where I am a lodger. This is not a problem as the parking is not restricted and there is always plenty of parking available.

Under your CPZ proposals I do not know what I would do. As my main address is in East Sussex and my car is registered there would I be entitled to a resident's parking permit. If I am not then I would probably have to leave this area, or my current job. I am not prepared to give up my home in East Sussex.

Please could you explain whether as a lodger I would be eligible for a resident's parking permit?

Even if I can get a parking permit I do not understand why I should have to pay for a permit when there is plenty of parking available for "full time" local residents? Is the Council actually interested in the welfare of its residents?

Yours faithfully

Sam North