Petition · past parliament

Free 15min parking per session in all local authority designated parking areas.

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

Often drivers feel they have received a parking ticket for staying only a few seconds over there designated period. There a distrust between drivers and local authorities, drivers believing that they are being penalised by Councils raising parking fees to cover other council spending.
Councils made a surplus of £635million on parking in 2013/14

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

This would be a decision for local councils, not the UK Government or Parliament. You could start a new petition calling on Parliament to change the law, to require all councils to offer 15 minutes of free parking in all local authority parking spaces.

Timeline

18 Jan 2017 Petition opened for signatures
23 Jan 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 23 Jan 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.