“How can the council justify this increase, I know they have held the price down for a while for permit holders but come the winter they never clear the car parks of snow or Ice, last winter the market traders had to clear it so they could open their stalls, what exactly are we paying for????”

“mrbuyssenshouseuk - nice and safe - for now..........”

“i wouldnt bet on your 300 year old house being their forever if the current flooding levels continue but my boring box is nice and safe away from any water”

“Tewkesbury town resident, you sound like a very bitter person,”

“I refer to mrbuysenshouse, uk comments on this forum. When we bought our house in the town centre one of the considerations was parking as both my husband and I have cars - parking was FREE back then and the particular land on which the carpark was built had been donated to the people of Tewkesbury for use of. So please don't stand there on you high and mighty soapbox and make supercilious comments. Many of the old folk in the town have lived in these houses for a long long time and sheltered accommodation is not a choice they either want or need. At leat I know that the 300 year old house that I currently live in will still be here in another 300 years - will your boring box on an estate be?”

“look when you buy a house or you look at is the location. im fed up of people who live in the town moaning about var park permits or traffic wardens. i brought my house just outside the town where there are fewer facilities if i want anything i have to pay the bus or drive or if im feeling energetic walk to town. if you buy a place in a town you know if will likely not have a driveway and you caculate this into the purchase price. you cannot have everything country is not big enough and all the sheltered housing accomodations have parking spaces so at 70 years old if i still wanted to live in a town and my 'town house' did not have parking id look at moving in there and thus saving permit prices”

“Now that the Traffic Wardens have hit the town in force, ensuring that unless you have a parking space outside your house (quite difficult for a medieval town like Tewkesbury), the cheapest yearly pass for residents is £253 in a car park where the access and car park floods. Spring Gardens is over £500 for residents too. However if you have Residents parking (ie the streets where residents already have a driveway), its £77. My mother is 70 this year, and she has to pay the same even on a pension. I am afraid Tewkesbury Borough has got everyone by the short and curlies, and their excuses for charging this and making residents and business life challenging might be "competitive", however, they are neither realistic or affordable - lets face it, it's just scrappy old tarmac, often fenced in by overgrown undergrowth, litter and dog mess. Money for old rope !”

“why would anyone wanna pay to park in this dump. tewkesbury is a dead town .”

“These councillors know how to kill a town off! Parking in Tewkesbury should be free, How much does it cost to upkeep these car parks? Free parking would attract more shoppers and inturn more business for the town. Forget throwing rate payers money away on useless things like computers and use it on free parking!”

“sorry about the spelling and the duplication, I didn't see anywhere mentioned about the car park prices rising by 25% to £8 for 4+ hours, maybe that rise is under review, its not a lot for your money”