![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/drivers-hit-with-parking-fees-six-times-higher-than-before-under-outrageous-crackdown/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_Man-driving-and-feeling-bad-after-car-crash.jpg&description=One council is planning to penalise petrol and diesel motors with a four-figure parking charge in a bid to help cut down on the most polluting types of vehicles Motorists could be slapped with parking fines that are six times higher than they currently are due to a council's new crackdown. Drivers within the London borough of Hackney may see a significant rise from £200 to £1,200 over the coming years. The sixfold increase in charges is part of the council's aim to penalise petrol and diesel vehicles - the most polluting type of vehicles. The annual estate parking permit for diesel vehicles in Hackney will cost £213 this year. Yet by the end of the decade parking fee costs for certain drivers will jump up to a huge £1,249. This will also include a £200 surcharge as well as a £50 increase each year. Under these costs, diesel drivers will most likely have to pay £500 extra compared to other vehicles. While petrol motor costs with quadruple from £97 to £433 over five years. However, anyone driving an electric vehicle will only have to pay £10 extra over the same period. In contrast, electric vehicle drivers will only have to pay £10 extra over the same period. Save London Motorcycling labelled the drastic cost increases as "outrageous". The group told the Telegraph: 'The fact that they want to increase these already outrageous charges every year just adds insult to injury. If this carries on, some riders will soon have to pay over £1,000 for the tiny bit of parking space they use.' While the council's lead on transport and environment, Mete Coban, said: 'In developing our parking charges, we've listened to our residents, who have asked for long-term certainty about permit prices, so they can make informed decisions.' The news comes as Londoners with polluting cars will be entitled to a £2,000 grant under a "huge expansion" of the Ulez scrappage scheme by Sadiq Khan. The new financial support for 'non compliant' vehicles also comes as the London mayor presses ahead with){kind=link}
One council is planning to penalise petrol and diesel motors with a four-figure parking charge in a bid to help cut down on the most polluting types of vehicles
Motorists could be slapped with parking fines that are six times higher than they currently are due to a council’s new crackdown.
Drivers within the London borough of Hackney may see a significant rise from £200 to £1,200 over the coming years. The sixfold increase in charges is part of the council’s aim to penalise petrol and diesel vehicles – the most polluting type of vehicles.
The annual estate parking permit for diesel vehicles in Hackney will cost £213 this year. Yet by the end of the decade parking fee costs for certain drivers will jump up to a huge £1,249.
This will also include a £200 surcharge as well as a £50 increase each year. Under these costs, diesel drivers will most likely have to pay £500 extra compared to other vehicles.