Objections to Wokingham Council on the proposal to change free parking bays to metered Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/objections-to-wokingham-council-on-the-proposal-to-change-free-parking-bays-to-metered.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:09 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr Anthony John Tovell [Signature #1279] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6173835?utm_medium=rss I appreciate that the Council is trying to contain its costs. However, I believe that this is the wrong way to do it and I for one would be pleased to pay a few more pounds on my council tax to keep the free parking bays.

]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 02:15:16 UTC 6173835 Mr peter Evans [Signature #1278] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6173093?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 11:19:07 UTC 6173093 Mr Antony Hayward [Signature #1277] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6173079?utm_medium=rss Areas of free short term parking are needed to enable people to e.g. collect prescriptions, take money from a cash point and other short-term visits to the town centre.

The Council's argument that meters will encourage shoppers to visit the town is clearly wrong - it's just another money grabbing scheme

]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 11:15:53 UTC 6173079 Mr Tony Hayward [Signature #1276] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6173077?utm_medium=rss Areas of free short term parking are needed to enable people to e.g. collect prescriptions, take money from a cash point and other short-term visits to the town centre.

The Council's argument that meters will encourage shoppers to visit the town is clearly wrong - it's just another money grabbing scheme

]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 11:14:50 UTC 6173077 Ms Anonymous [Signature #1275] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6173024?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 11:02:26 UTC 6173024 Margaret Dovey [Signature #1274] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6172903?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 10:42:50 UTC 6172903 Mr Stephen Smith [Signature #1273] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6172678?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:55:11 UTC 6172678 Mr G Lesbirel [Signature #1272] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6172650?utm_medium=rss Adding parking charges to Wokingham street parking will further dent the towns limited attraction to shoppers and drive them further afield.

]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:48:49 UTC 6172650 Mr George Scott [Signature #1271] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6172638?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:45:58 UTC 6172638 Mr Ed Townsend [Signature #1270] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6172604?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:36:21 UTC 6172604 Mrs Claire Jones [Signature #1269] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6172366?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 08:33:54 UTC 6172366 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #1268] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6172308?utm_medium=rss These spaces are very valuable around town, we use them mainly for quick stop when we need to go into town.

]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 08:13:36 UTC 6172308 Mr John Lynam [Signature #1267] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6172281?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 08:06:27 UTC 6172281 Mrs June Main [Signature #1266] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6172278?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 08:06:01 UTC 6172278 Mr Michael Main [Signature #1265] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6172254?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 07:57:57 UTC 6172254 Ms Chris Gordon [Signature #1264] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171996?utm_medium=rss My work and family bring me into Wokingham. To reduce the 30 minute parking will definitely stop people like me passing through to access local shops etc when we have limited time.

]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 06:47:12 UTC 6171996 Mr Anonymous [Signature #1263] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171935?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 06:23:05 UTC 6171935 Mrs C C Whitlock [Signature #1262] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171930?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 06:21:10 UTC 6171930 Gordon Riocreux [Signature #1261] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171919?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 06:18:14 UTC 6171919 Mr David Sutton [Signature #1260] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171841?utm_medium=rss WBC could have a trial period of one month where the Station Road level crossing is closed, and to monitor the traffic flow within half mile to establish the impact of the closure. This can be compared to traffic flow when the crossing is in use as now.
This will cause inconvenience, but if traffic flows more freely around alternative routes then this will avoid conjestion on the approaches to level crossings as that creates a knock-on effect for traffic jams on other adjacent road networks.

]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 05:33:20 UTC 6171841 Mr Trevor Hughes [Signature #1259] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171793?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 05:14:18 UTC 6171793 James Evans [Signature #1258] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171791?utm_medium=rss The whole idea will 'kill' Wokingham town centre once and for all. How will residents manage to park any where near their own homes? How will disabled residents be able to access the town centre? Most people with mobility problems will need to park for more than 30 minutes at a time and car parks are too far from the shops for someone like my wife to walk. Please think more logically about the people that you want to use the town and to return it to the welcoming place it was 40 years ago.

]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 05:13:47 UTC 6171791 Mrs Rosalind Evans [Signature #1257] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171742?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 04:51:15 UTC 6171742 Mrs Christine Marshalsay [Signature #1256] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171658?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 04:14:02 UTC 6171658 Mrs Margaret Moss [Signature #1255] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171615?utm_medium=rss This council is obviously is only concerned with raising money, it is doubtful, if when all costs are audited the scheme will show a profit. If this proposal goes through, then neither myself or my husband will vote Tory in local elections again.

]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 03:57:26 UTC 6171615 Mrs Amanda Boyle [Signature #1254] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171610?utm_medium=rss Parking charges are already too high in Wokingham for a very limited choice of shops. This move would kill trade in the town.

]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 03:55:11 UTC 6171610 Ms Judith Bennett [Signature #1253] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171605?utm_medium=rss I believe even less people will bother going into the town. For goodness sake, bring more trade into the town, don't turn it away.
It's a lovely place - make it more appealing!

]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 03:53:46 UTC 6171605 Mr Charles Moss [Signature #1252] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171567?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 03:40:23 UTC 6171567 mrs mary withers [Signature #1251] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171524?utm_medium=rss these charges will deter people from visiting wokingham which is exactly the opposite of what the council should want

]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 03:24:01 UTC 6171524 Mrs Elisabeth Ramsay [Signature #1250] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171515?utm_medium=rss The suggestion is an absolute disgrace. Clearly the Council want the town to die.

]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 03:21:18 UTC 6171515 mrs s english [Signature #1249] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171454?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 02:54:38 UTC 6171454 mrs susan davis [Signature #1248] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171414?utm_medium=rss The town is hopelessly run down now due to bad management and a useless town council. To put in parking meters would be an act of complete lunacy given that most people like myself just pop in to the town to buy things which take no more than half an hour. I am ashamed that I am a tory voter in this town. It will not increase people using the town it wil decrease the use - you dont need more than half an hour to complete your business so people dont abuse th parking. I will go to Bracknell.

]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 02:23:43 UTC 6171414 ms judith singleton [Signature #1247] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171345?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 01:42:18 UTC 6171345 mrs Karen Breakspear [Signature #1246] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6170952?utm_medium=rss Are you trying to stop more people coming into Wokingham. The Council need to start loking at ways of drawing people i toWokingham not putting them off! If this goes through I am sure that Camberley/Bracknell will be my shopping stop off - not DEAD Wokingham!

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 10:18:43 UTC 6170952 mr B.J Boddy [Signature #1245] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6170094?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 04:53:48 UTC 6170094 mrs Valarie Boddy [Signature #1244] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6170088?utm_medium=rss We strongly oppose the council plans to “change the 240 free parking bays in and around Wokingham Town to metered bays”

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 04:51:53 UTC 6170088 MRS SUE LARDGE [Signature #1243] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6169604?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 02:54:53 UTC 6169604 Mr Alan Rapley [Signature #1242] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6169028?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 12:24:35 UTC 6169028 Mr Robert Claridge [Signature #1241] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6169020?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 12:21:32 UTC 6169020 Mrs Philippa Claridge [Signature #1240] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6169016?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 12:20:15 UTC 6169016 Dr Maria Gee [Signature #1239] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6168935?utm_medium=rss The change to the street landscape of Wokingham will be unsightly and not in keeping with an historic market town. This is an ill thought out policy to rectify problems which could be better solved in other ways e.g. better 'policing' of the current bays.

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 12:02:53 UTC 6168935 Daphne Dunckley [Signature #1238] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6168898?utm_medium=rss I think that we do not need to deter more people from coming into the town centre, particularly in the current climate. This is short-sighted and greedy. We need to encourage people to shop here, not the opposite

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:53:06 UTC 6168898 Chris French [Signature #1237] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6168709?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:07:51 UTC 6168709 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #1236] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167630?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 06:14:11 UTC 6167630 Mr David Wales [Signature #1235] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167578?utm_medium=rss This will be a further nail in the coffin of the town

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 05:52:06 UTC 6167578 Mr Andrew Martin [Signature #1234] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167565?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 05:48:54 UTC 6167565 miss Anonymous [Signature #1233] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167480?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 05:13:56 UTC 6167480 Mrs P Drake [Signature #1232] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167423?utm_medium=rss There should be free parking for people going to the doctor or visiting a church. There should also be some short time free parking for people picking up prescriptions, going to the post office, dropping off library books or visiting a bank. Otherwise people will take their business elsewhere.

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 04:44:24 UTC 6167423 Caroline Stevenson [Signature #1231] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167400?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 04:36:10 UTC 6167400 Mr Johan Iversen [Signature #1230] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167390?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 04:31:47 UTC 6167390 Mrs Deborah Storry [Signature #1229] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167382?utm_medium=rss This will stop me using local Wokingham services when I just need to pop in for something quickly, instead opting for out of town supermarkets where parking is free.

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 04:25:40 UTC 6167382 Mr Mike Spence [Signature #1228] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167349?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 04:08:13 UTC 6167349 Mr David Rhodes [Signature #1227] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167322?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 03:50:23 UTC 6167322 Miss Niki Felton [Signature #1226] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167310?utm_medium=rss I already have enough problems with people parking in my personal parking space behind my flat in the town centre with free bays available.
If fees are introduced I imagine this will get even worse

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 03:44:12 UTC 6167310 Mrs Angela Gibbon [Signature #1225] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167308?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 03:42:55 UTC 6167308 Mrs Julia Spence [Signature #1224] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167289?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 03:36:54 UTC 6167289 Mr Simon Worthington [Signature #1223] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167267?utm_medium=rss I work in the town centre and in times when incomes are dwindling another daily charge would be most unwelcome.

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 03:29:21 UTC 6167267 Miss Dawn Wren [Signature #1222] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167179?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 02:44:48 UTC 6167179 Mr Brian Powles [Signature #1221] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167169?utm_medium=rss ALREADY DIFFICULT TOWN TO PARK IN AND FURTHER PAY TO USE RESTRICTIONS WILL ONLY SERVE TO DETER PEOPLE USING THE TOWN. iT IS ALREADY A DYEING MARKET TOWN WITH AN EVER INCREASING AMMOUNT OF SHOPS CLOSING DOWN ... SOON WILL ONLY BE PUBS AND FOOD OUTLETS LEFT - LOOK AT THE REASONS FOR THE DECAY .....NOW!

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 02:39:24 UTC 6167169 Mrs Sara Thorby [Signature #1220] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167168?utm_medium=rss Wokingham is a dying town, the council need to do something to bring people in, not push them away.

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 02:39:01 UTC 6167168 MIss Elizabeth Rhodes [Signature #1219] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167153?utm_medium=rss This is ridiculous. It has worked all these years without any meters why bring them in now?

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 02:29:30 UTC 6167153 Dr Chris Kirby [Signature #1218] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167142?utm_medium=rss I am fully agreed with the terms of this petition

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 02:24:30 UTC 6167142 Mr John Inglese [Signature #1217] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167136?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 02:19:51 UTC 6167136 Mr John Day [Signature #1216] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167067?utm_medium=rss This is a mistake, making Wokingham less user friendly.

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 01:43:35 UTC 6167067 Dr Julian Dye [Signature #1215] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6166839?utm_medium=rss I strongly feel that car parking charges will n contribute to eroding the community nature of wokinham town for shopping and use of amenities. It will create an immediate barrier to 'popping in' and reduces the spontaneous freedom to access our town: 1. you ned the right change, 2. you have time pressure, 3. third, because the penalty charge system is hugely disproportionate, unjustifiable and unaccoutable, it makes 'popping in' a risky excercise

]]> Mon, 7 Sep 2009 11:11:57 UTC 6166839 Mr David Lamb [Signature #1214] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6165852?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2009 05:23:24 UTC 6165852 Miss Eleanor Spiers [Signature #1213] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6165709?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2009 04:42:47 UTC 6165709 Dr Diane Humphrey-Evans [Signature #1212] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6165614?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2009 04:20:45 UTC 6165614 mrs BARBARA SHANKS [Signature #1211] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6165570?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2009 04:04:01 UTC 6165570 Mr Martin Butler [Signature #1210] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6165487?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2009 03:34:15 UTC 6165487 Mrs Sonia Butler [Signature #1209] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6165417?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2009 03:14:37 UTC 6165417 Mr Anthony Kershaw [Signature #1208] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6165402?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2009 03:10:32 UTC 6165402 Mrs Jean Young [Signature #1207] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6165356?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2009 02:55:36 UTC 6165356 Arney Noden [Signature #1206] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6165331?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2009 02:49:02 UTC 6165331 Mrs Sarah Humphreys [Signature #1205] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6165232?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2009 02:21:11 UTC 6165232 Mrs Nicola Roberts [Signature #1204] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6165185?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2009 02:05:56 UTC 6165185 Mrs Emily Fafinski [Signature #1203] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6165151?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2009 01:52:45 UTC 6165151 Mrs Debbie Banbury [Signature #1202] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6165149?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2009 01:51:40 UTC 6165149 mrs sally maloy [Signature #1201] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6164864?utm_medium=rss The town is dead already, puting parking meters in will put even more people coming into Wokingham to do their shopping

]]> Mon, 7 Sep 2009 12:22:24 UTC 6164864 Julie Ryding [Signature #1200] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6164478?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2009 10:19:43 UTC 6164478 Mr Nigel Coe [Signature #1199] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6164102?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2009 08:17:37 UTC 6164102 Miss Rhiannon Coe [Signature #1198] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6164053?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2009 08:05:34 UTC 6164053 miss kelly holloway@hotmail.co.uk [Signature #1197] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6163985?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2009 07:46:40 UTC 6163985 Mr Chris Osment [Signature #1196] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6163963?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2009 07:38:56 UTC 6163963 Mrs Lucy Aldridge [Signature #1195] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6163911?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2009 07:24:12 UTC 6163911 Miss Zoe Smith [Signature #1194] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6163805?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2009 06:52:58 UTC 6163805 Miss Anonymous [Signature #1193] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6163804?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2009 06:51:53 UTC 6163804 Miss Nadia Tyrrell [Signature #1192] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6163793?utm_medium=rss I believe that it will reduce the amount of people who pop into wokingham for a quick visit / shop

]]> Mon, 7 Sep 2009 06:49:33 UTC 6163793 Mrs Susanne Thompson [Signature #1191] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6163046?utm_medium=rss 70p for 30 min borders on daylight robbery

]]> Mon, 7 Sep 2009 02:28:19 UTC 6163046 Mrs Ruth Colley [Signature #1190] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6159828?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Sep 2009 08:27:05 UTC 6159828 mr james hayward [Signature #1189] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6156344?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Sep 2009 09:09:24 UTC 6156344 Sharyn Wells [Signature #1188] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6154237?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Sep 2009 04:04:00 UTC 6154237 Mrs Ruth Russell [Signature #1187] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6152977?utm_medium=rss I currently pay more than enough council tax for services received, therefore will certainly not be paying for any extra car parking charges as I feel the council raises enough revenue.

]]> Fri, 4 Sep 2009 11:07:23 UTC 6152977 Miss Anonymous [Signature #1186] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6152633?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Sep 2009 10:02:18 UTC 6152633 Mrs Joyce Breeze [Signature #1185] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6152342?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Sep 2009 09:16:04 UTC 6152342 Mr Michael Breeze [Signature #1184] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6152329?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Sep 2009 09:14:11 UTC 6152329 Mr Alex Robertson [Signature #1183] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6151819?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Sep 2009 07:52:29 UTC 6151819 mr anthony barber [Signature #1182] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6151705?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Sep 2009 07:21:20 UTC 6151705 Mrs Amanda Finch [Signature #1181] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6151420?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Sep 2009 06:01:06 UTC 6151420 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #1180] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6151242?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Sep 2009 05:03:51 UTC 6151242