Shoppers in Yaxley face £100 fines for overstaying in shopping centre car parks

Smart Parking has taken over the management of parking at Broadway Shopping Centre and the Landsdowne Shopping Centre with a new limit of two-and-half hours for motorists to park, with no return within an hour.

Anyone caught overstaying will be given a £!00 parking charge which willbe reduced to £60 if paid within 14 days.

Gemini Parking was in charge of the running of the car parks from 2016 for eight months, but since then there has been no parking scheme until Smart Parking began operating this week.

Jill Brown, consultant at White Commercial Surveyors, said: “I am excited to have Smart Parking take over the management of our car parks in Yaxley. As a shopping centre we aim to give our customers the best possible shopping experience and easier, fairer and better parking will greatly contribute to that.”

Smart Parking said there will be “clear signage and improved accessibility,” while the time limit will not be in force on Sundays.

There will also be a ‘White List’ for authorised cars of shop staff, flat occupiers, regular deliveries and local taxis.

Moreover, a tablet will be provided for businesses where customers regularly stay over two-and-a-half hours, and for flat occupiers, who will be able to email to register visitors’ vehicles.

In addition, a phone number will be available to leave registration plates on a recorded message for tenants who may not have access to emails.

Vehicles will be monitored by Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras.

Smart Parking is a member of the British Parking Association (BPA) and operates a BPA-audited appeals process, it said.