Fair car parking scheme for Oldham shoppers Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/fair-car-parking-scheme-for-oldham-shoppers.html Online petition signatures en-us Mon, 6 Apr 2026 05:21 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition dominic gill [Signature #154] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9823762?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 12:06:20 UTC 9823762 Ms Deborah Wroe [Signature #153] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9823213?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 11:18:17 UTC 9823213 mr stephen connor [Signature #152] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9595475?utm_medium=rss It is time to consider the smaller retailer when attracting people to shop in Oldham town centre and make it easier to park not more difficult.

]]> Thu, 10 Feb 2011 05:01:42 UTC 9595475 Mr Andrew Essex [Signature #151] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6681919?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:39:12 UTC 6681919 Mrs Jo Salway [Signature #150] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5766332?utm_medium=rss Township survival depends on visitors & visitors will not pay 4 expensive parking when other localities eg Ashton-under-Lyne, Rochdale etc are cheaper to park in & have better facilities. Cheaper parking will bring people & especially families back to visit the Town Centre shops, businesses & entertainment facilities.

]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:28:37 UTC 5766332 Mr Mike Corbett [Signature #149] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5729641?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:09:27 UTC 5729641 mr Anonymous [Signature #148] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5715173?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:17:53 UTC 5715173 Iain Donkin [Signature #147] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5555417?utm_medium=rss I use the free parking of the larger outdoor stores rather than risk a heafty fine likely when visiting the smaller independent outdoor stores situated in Oldham. I would rather support local business, but know that if I am only minutes late, your over zelous revenue raisers will swoop and issue a parking ticket instantly...

]]> Wed, 27 May 2009 02:35:06 UTC 5555417 Mr Gareth Travis [Signature #146] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5448360?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 May 2009 06:02:42 UTC 5448360 Mr Alan Bithell [Signature #145] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5410676?utm_medium=rss Sat, 2 May 2009 01:26:11 UTC 5410676 MR Graham Brown [Signature #144] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5337734?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:13:28 UTC 5337734 mr Tom Smith [Signature #143] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5116550?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:51:15 UTC 5116550 mr peter kenworthy [Signature #142] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5114169?utm_medium=rss small buisness musy be allowed to thrive. mountain feet is one speciality shop that deserves it reputation for quality service

]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:25:00 UTC 5114169 Mike Fraser [Signature #141] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4909504?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Feb 2009 02:00:33 UTC 4909504 Miss Anonymous [Signature #140] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4876070?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Feb 2009 02:49:24 UTC 4876070 Mr John Killan [Signature #139] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4764636?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:44:10 UTC 4764636 mr George Meynell [Signature #138] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4752247?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:32:29 UTC 4752247 Ms Anne Smith [Signature #137] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4720939?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Jan 2009 02:24:27 UTC 4720939 Mr Philip Cross [Signature #136] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4719811?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Jan 2009 05:09:58 UTC 4719811 Mr Michael Allen [Signature #135] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4639232?utm_medium=rss I recently relocated to Oldham Borough from the North East of England.

I have relocated to become a fulltime Media Student at the local college; Oldham has a great deal to offer especially in the specialist small business marketplace.

In these days of recession and financial difficulties it's ESSENTIAL that our Local Authority should support and do everything possible to ensure the survival of said enterprises.

Please OMBC review your parking policies and keep the town alive! Thank you.

]]> Sat, 6 Dec 2008 06:26:56 UTC 4639232 mr john Chang [Signature #134] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4624106?utm_medium=rss i would visit more often but find that parking is so restricted and expensive

]]> Thu, 4 Dec 2008 11:13:03 UTC 4624106 Mr Jake Wiid [Signature #133] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4556280?utm_medium=rss 4 minutes over and i got a ticket i think there should be 10 minute at least minimus, better still a short stay system.

]]> Tue, 2 Dec 2008 11:29:41 UTC 4556280 mrs ros wright [Signature #132] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4529071?utm_medium=rss there should be some sort of free short stay option just to collect goods - it's more tempting to visit the trafford centre where there is free parking than to park and pay in oldham

]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:31:47 UTC 4529071 MR D Valentine [Signature #131] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4496912?utm_medium=rss The council is killing all local business because of their Parking Ticket Agenda to create revenue

]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:36:38 UTC 4496912 Mr Simon Wolstenholme [Signature #130] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4421584?utm_medium=rss Sun, 2 Nov 2008 05:49:32 UTC 4421584 Anonymous [Signature #129] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4267477?utm_medium=rss totaly agree..council more interested in short term gain .than long term image...

]]> Mon, 6 Oct 2008 06:17:43 UTC 4267477 Mr Chris Tattersall [Signature #128] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4252334?utm_medium=rss Thu, 2 Oct 2008 09:30:18 UTC 4252334 Mr Richard Myers [Signature #127] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4242216?utm_medium=rss Parking is ridiculous, to work in oldham and having to pay £6 a day is a joke!!!!

give the people who work in oldham free parking. we bring people to oldham shopping!!!. if it wasnt for the stores, people wouldnt come

]]> Wed, 1 Oct 2008 03:36:19 UTC 4242216 ms wendy hughes [Signature #126] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4208584?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:05:19 UTC 4208584 MR Tony Mahon [Signature #125] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4208574?utm_medium=rss If independent Businesses are to prosper then potential customers should not be discouraged by a parking system which is seen to be overpriced and run in a draconian no appeals possible manner. If Oldham loses it's small independents then why should I bother to make the 45 min each way trip?
Oldham, please don't allow your town to become just another anonymous shopping centre full of Estate agents, Solicitors and Charity Shops. PLEASE SUPPORT LOCAL ENTERPRISE, who do in turn support the council.

]]> Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:03:24 UTC 4208574 Mr David Norman [Signature #124] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4145193?utm_medium=rss I love to shop at Mountainfeet but I regret to say that the parking situation is a real barrier to visiting Oldham. After all what other real amenities can I find there during the day?

]]> Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:12:05 UTC 4145193 David Lees [Signature #123] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4093446?utm_medium=rss Anything that restricts the trade of small business should be avoided at all costs.

The diversity of trade is what made Britain Great.

Remove all obstacles to diversity of trade !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> Fri, 5 Sep 2008 08:32:53 UTC 4093446 Mr Shane Reading [Signature #122] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4027141?utm_medium=rss I also think it is disgusting that traffic wardens penalise parkers the minute they go over the time they have paid for. If someone has paid a fee for parking, they should be given a little extra time for being delayed, not given a £30 fine. This amount is unfair, and I am surprised it has not been challenged in the courts as being unlawful, as was the case with unfair bank charges.

]]> Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:36:05 UTC 4027141 Ms Louise Frear [Signature #121] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3970092?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Aug 2008 08:18:04 UTC 3970092 Mr Alan Oliver [Signature #120] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3967519?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:19:33 UTC 3967519 Mr Gordon Fotheringham [Signature #119] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3956186?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:39:39 UTC 3956186 mr martin chandler [Signature #118] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3874850?utm_medium=rss Shops such as Mountain Feet provide a valuable specialist service that is almost impossible to obtain in any high street store in the UK. Their service potentially requires long periods with a customer which would be grossly inconvenienced by the customer having to return to the car. At the very least ofer a service where customers pay as they LEAVE the car park for the time they have used. Your current system is nothing short of highway robbery and detrimental to businesses in the town centre.

]]> Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:24:46 UTC 3874850 Mr Andy Roman [Signature #117] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3802448?utm_medium=rss Look after the busineses that helped build the town, instead of lining your pockets.

]]> Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:19:23 UTC 3802448 mr ADRIAN PEDLEY [Signature #116] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3771800?utm_medium=rss The council seems to be hell bent on short term gain from Car Park and fines which are unfairley levied by un emotional robotic car parking attendents that must have to drink a lot of Horlics to be able to sleep at night.
Where will the council be when all the small businesses have gone bump due to lack of trade, no council tax, no parking/fine revenue because what is the point in coming to Oldham??, Oldham council need to get thinking long term, and not short trem gain

]]> Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:47:46 UTC 3771800 Mr Stephen Booth [Signature #115] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3679899?utm_medium=rss The ridiculous attitude of the council via its parking policy is shown when I sustained a fine for displaying the correct amount for the appropriate time on the windscreen, but I used the wrong machine to pay! This was a machine for dedicated to disabled parking only which I haven't encountered before. Or since!

]]> Thu, 29 May 2008 07:03:30 UTC 3679899 Mr Paul Clark [Signature #114] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3674541?utm_medium=rss Wed, 28 May 2008 08:28:06 UTC 3674541 mr Gareth Farnan-Jones [Signature #113] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3667985?utm_medium=rss Tue, 27 May 2008 01:50:01 UTC 3667985 Mrs Marian Fraser [Signature #112] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3624104?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 May 2008 12:08:32 UTC 3624104 Mr Mark McClure [Signature #111] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3583510?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 May 2008 04:34:08 UTC 3583510 Mrs Yvonne Krussmann [Signature #110] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3355013?utm_medium=rss As a lifelong resident of Oldham I wholeheartedly support this petition.

]]> Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:05:32 UTC 3355013 Mr Bob Findlow [Signature #109] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3324951?utm_medium=rss Come on Oldham Council. Listen to the people. You know it makes sense!

]]> Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:37:43 UTC 3324951 Miss Sharon Kelly [Signature #108] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3008687?utm_medium=rss I am originally from Oldham and still enjoy shopping there but increasingly I encounter Pre-Pay parking meters at car parks. If I understay my original anticipated fee I am given no refund but on the few occasions I am unavoidably delayed I am fined. Why can't the council create a few jobs by manning the car parks and we all can pay for the time we've spent. I've given more in unspent parking fees than I've been delayed and overstayed my ticket. Also pre-pay meters need to give people change

]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:59:58 UTC 3008687 Mr Don Williams [Signature #107] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2975091?utm_medium=rss Fair parking charges encourage people to shop in your area. Excess charges only serve to make people go to other towns with a net result of local businesses closing and the council losing the income from rates etc. Eventually the town will become a place not worth going to.

]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:23:28 UTC 2975091 mr david travis [Signature #106] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2969917?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:10:33 UTC 2969917 Mr Danny Porter [Signature #105] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2856166?utm_medium=rss Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:57:51 UTC 2856166 mr paul merryman [Signature #104] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2674328?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:25:12 UTC 2674328 Mr Michael Taylor [Signature #103] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2657113?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Dec 2007 12:51:15 UTC 2657113 Dr Fiona Cogan [Signature #102] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2603925?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:56:30 UTC 2603925 MrS linda ainsworth [Signature #101] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2600380?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:29:09 UTC 2600380 Mr Andrew Dunkerley [Signature #100] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2585356?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:15:08 UTC 2585356 Miss Michelle Fox [Signature #99] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2509106?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:52:17 UTC 2509106 Jeff Wharfe [Signature #98] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2453257?utm_medium=rss If someone can tell me how long i will be delayed on a given occasion, i will gladly pay for it in advance rather than paying a disproportionate fine, until then, i think we need a little common sense and discretion.

]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:42:39 UTC 2453257 Ms ANNA HUMPHREYS [Signature #97] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2453210?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:18:08 UTC 2453210 Martin Hillier [Signature #96] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2453193?utm_medium=rss It is the independant retailer which distinguishes one town centre from another. If the persecution of shoppers, visiting in their cars, cause hardship for the independant retailers, then the council will have to look at its own policies when shoppers look elsewhere. The council is taking parking charges and fines out of the pockets of shoppers before they even walk through the doors of the independant retailers!!!

]]> Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:08:43 UTC 2453193 Joanna Weatherhead [Signature #95] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2347844?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Sep 2007 10:49:15 UTC 2347844 Mr Ray Cooper [Signature #94] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2281476?utm_medium=rss I find it difficult to use the Mumps end of Oldham due to the current parking situation

]]> Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:11:51 UTC 2281476 mr LANCE JAMES [Signature #93] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2258587?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:16:55 UTC 2258587 mr David Broadbent [Signature #92] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2182676?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Aug 2007 07:17:02 UTC 2182676 Mr Michael Masterson [Signature #91] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2166845?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:05:20 UTC 2166845 Mr William Buggy [Signature #90] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2137779?utm_medium=rss Is it Oldham councils policy to close all the shops, due to the extortionate parking charges?

]]> Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:24:28 UTC 2137779 Mr Chris Webb [Signature #89] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2113544?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:26:18 UTC 2113544 Ms Lacy Sholey [Signature #88] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2092436?utm_medium=rss Sat, 7 Jul 2007 07:19:10 UTC 2092436 Mr Adam Knight [Signature #87] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2084092?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Jul 2007 03:41:22 UTC 2084092 mr Richard Wakefield [Signature #86] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2071011?utm_medium=rss We vote for the council and they are are employees ,do they have a popular mandate to drive people away with their parking policies .This is just indirect taxation and does not encourage peolple to use public transport all it encourages them to do is to use out of town shopping where it is free !

]]> Mon, 2 Jul 2007 04:45:36 UTC 2071011 Mrs Sally Lawton [Signature #85] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2062523?utm_medium=rss Oldham Council needs to give much greater consideration to the small business of Oldham. Increasingly we are being overtaken with large corporate high street shops which take the identity out of the town.

]]> Fri, 29 Jun 2007 05:39:16 UTC 2062523 MR Phil Davies [Signature #84] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2048574?utm_medium=rss The parking fees in Oldham are a disgrace, I popped into Paul Braithwaites last week, a quick five minute shopping trip and I paid £1.20 for the privilage of parking (£1.20 fee for five minutes!!!). I would rather keep business local and boost the local economy but I'm adverse to paying ridiculous parking fees. Oldham is a great town and has some great businesses, so lets attract consumers and make shopping/parking within the town easier. internet shopping is on the up, shame really!

]]> Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:19:49 UTC 2048574 Mr Richard Carr [Signature #83] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2031104?utm_medium=rss I can't understand why you make commercial life so difficult for the small specialist retailers????

]]> Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:54:35 UTC 2031104 Mrs Susan Pochodaj [Signature #82] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2024528?utm_medium=rss It's all about revenue isn't it? Parking charges are bad enough, but the fines are just easy money. I have regularly witnessed the traffic wardens 'hovering' around cars waiting for the ticket to expire. Indeed I have experienced that 'close shave' myself! Couldn't the same ticket machines be programmed to issue FREE tisckets for a short stay (say 15 mins) which would be long enough for a quick errand. Any longer stay would be optional and chargeable.

]]> Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:12:51 UTC 2024528 mr chris short [Signature #81] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2009706?utm_medium=rss Oldham is renown for its pathetic parking pricing and policies, I dont go because of this and we can see how this effect the smaller businesses...

oldham council....pathetic...!

]]> Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:43:30 UTC 2009706 Mr Andrew Mills [Signature #80] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1999889?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:31:19 UTC 1999889 Mr David Boulton [Signature #79] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1990912?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:11:48 UTC 1990912 miss louise finnigan [Signature #78] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1968629?utm_medium=rss im 19 and just started working in oldham and i have to pay £6 a day just to park in spindles shopping centre. its not right

]]> Sat, 9 Jun 2007 01:30:38 UTC 1968629 Mr Brian Gilbraith [Signature #77] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1752923?utm_medium=rss My wife was fined £30 when she did not realise that the parking fee had risen by 10p. The PCN was issue between 240 seconds and 300 seconds afterthe ticket had expired. She was denied the right to a formal appeal as she would have had to risk a further £30 on the whim of the council. The national car park adjudication service refused to tell her whether they would consider proportionality as a grounds for appeal as "they were not an advice service". What they do is totally disrespectful.

]]> Mon, 21 May 2007 07:29:40 UTC 1752923 mr David Taylor [Signature #76] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1745242?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 May 2007 09:48:25 UTC 1745242 miss sarah graham [Signature #75] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1717276?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 May 2007 12:31:47 UTC 1717276 Mr Andrew Keith Buckley [Signature #74] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1687354?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 May 2007 06:23:35 UTC 1687354 Mr Anonymous [Signature #73] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1658808?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 May 2007 12:28:18 UTC 1658808 Mr Rick Douglas [Signature #72] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1640720?utm_medium=rss Stop ripping of consumers!

]]> Fri, 4 May 2007 09:25:12 UTC 1640720 Mr David Tortoishell [Signature #71] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1628388?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 May 2007 07:31:56 UTC 1628388 Mr. Peter Thornton [Signature #70] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1570698?utm_medium=rss Keep charging for parking. Then you'll see the recession you've started in Tommyfied become complete: driving customers away from Oldham completely.

Learn the basic rule of retailing: make it easy for customers to spend money. Don't make it expensive or awkward... or otherwise, the Trafford Centre wins every time!

You might just take a look at why the Traff. Cent. is so successful, or why Bury market is booming... free and easy parking, dummy!!

]]> Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:33:07 UTC 1570698 Mr Andrew Porritt [Signature #69] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1552432?utm_medium=rss Was born in Oldham but now live in Switzerland. I Have spent many a pound in Paul Braithwaites over the years. As an active skier and climber I have often thought about popping into Paul Braithwaites on visits 'home' however, Oldham is becoming a dump, run down by years of neglect by Oldham council so I will never go shopping there until OMBC improve the facilities in the town centre including Rhodes Bank and Mumps Bridge and have a fair car park pricing policy.

]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:06:43 UTC 1552432 ms carol birtwhistle [Signature #68] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1454496?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Mar 2007 12:08:13 UTC 1454496 Mr Adam Waite [Signature #67] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1367877?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:45:00 UTC 1367877 Miss Hannah Beith [Signature #66] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1361521?utm_medium=rss Free Short term parking in this area would make a huge difference to people like myself who want to 'pop into' the shops of Mumps/Union St. At the moment, people have stopped calling in purely because of the parking situation and local businesses are suffering greatly as a result. It is not that we prefer to go into Oldham town centre. We bypass Oldham altogether and go to other towns, taking our spending power with us.

Please help us to revive this end of town!

]]> Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:24:13 UTC 1361521 Ms Deborah Butterworth [Signature #65] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1348242?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Feb 2007 06:48:40 UTC 1348242 MR Matthew Smith [Signature #64] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1348240?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Feb 2007 06:48:00 UTC 1348240 Mr Oliver Jones [Signature #63] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1293799?utm_medium=rss Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:34:38 UTC 1293799 stephen thorley [Signature #62] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1289138?utm_medium=rss Just be fair...............its not a lot to ask......or would the council prefer small businesses to be forced to stop trading................

]]> Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:45:16 UTC 1289138 mr anthony rhodes [Signature #61] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1278751?utm_medium=rss Having been involved as a victim (twice - and been exhonourated on both occasions by the parking ombudsman) of Oldham's aggressive parking policy I fully support this petition.

]]> Sun, 14 Jan 2007 03:53:22 UTC 1278751 Miss Jasmine Dunham [Signature #60] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1276174?utm_medium=rss I believe that Simon's petition is one that should be taken into great consideration. It is important that councils recongnise that there are still lots of individuals wanting to shop in smaller stores in loal areas rather than give their money to larger chains. It is these shops that provide a strong sense of pride in belonging to an area and help in feeling part of the community. If reducing car parking rates is what it takes then surely the rewards will be much greater for the local community

]]> Fri, 12 Jan 2007 06:27:04 UTC 1276174 mr Derek Berryman [Signature #59] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1275597?utm_medium=rss Small Traders are essential to the individuality of a town. The atmosphere of a friendly town is dependent upon non aggresion to visitors.
What is happening to the warmth and friendly manner for which Oldham used to be known?

]]> Thu, 11 Jan 2007 05:31:33 UTC 1275597 Mr Robert Townend [Signature #58] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1271814?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:02:11 UTC 1271814 Mr Kevin Edge [Signature #57] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1264565?utm_medium=rss The parking charges in central Oldham are excessive. Such charges are deterring people from going to Oldham to visit such excellent shops as Paul Braithwaite's. There is nothing similar for miles.
A large group of us have already given up using Oldham Sports Centre due to the ever-increasing parking charges near there, on top of the high leisure prices.

]]> Sat, 6 Jan 2007 03:46:45 UTC 1264565 Mr Adam Coles [Signature #56] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1264498?utm_medium=rss I am regular user of the shop and find it a very useful amenity for Oldham. I also work as a PCSO in Oldham and recognise that parking is a problem in oldham town centre. I have first hand experience of complaints regarding parking problems in Oldham and feel that such trict parking fines are uneccessary.

I am in full support of backing Paul Braithwaites in this.

]]> Sat, 6 Jan 2007 02:14:35 UTC 1264498 Miss Sandrine Fraisse [Signature #55] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1264110?utm_medium=rss I would like to support the local business shops by going shopping in Oldham but the parking fees are astronomous. Why pay so much when you can park free at the Trafford Centre? The system operated at the Lowry could be applied very easily in Oldham and would certainly help bringing back more customers to Oldham. Bonne chance!

]]> Sat, 6 Jan 2007 05:44:00 UTC 1264110