After originally aiming to take over enforcement of car parking powers in April this year a date of 24th November has been set. At the moment the enforcement of parking [currently  a police traffic warden] seems sporadic or non-existent. Derbyshire County Council press release sums this up. “From 24th November if you park where you shouldn’t its highly likely that you’ll get a ticket for parking illegally”

I hope the system is more efficient than some of the private parking firms currently are. I still feel annoyed about threats to take me to court for parking without paying in a shopping centre to which I have never been to in a town I’ve never been to. Fortunately I had proof that my car was elsewhere all day for the alleged offence. When presented with this they backed down and said they had wrongly transcribed my registration number! But how many of us could prove where our car was 4 weeks after an event.