Surrey Heath Car Parking Charges and Restrictions

The Liberal Democrat held Surrey Heath Borough Council has introduced further restrictions to local car parking across Surrey Heath, including

a) the shift from evening to hourly tariffs for the multi-storey car parks

b) reducing free parking from 1 hour to 30 minutes in Pay on Foot car parks ,

c) an increase in the tariffs, including season tickets, for all chargeable car parks and

d) considering a business case for potential parking charges at Frimley Lodge Park, a popular location for Park Run participants and local football clubs and also Lightwater Country Park where there is a leisure centre and a cafe, where families visit and residents play football or otherwise exercise.

We value your input to understand how these changes may affect local businesses and customer experiences.

We appreciate you taking the time to complete this survey. Your feedback is crucial in helping us communicate the needs and concerns of our community to the Surrey Heath Borough Council on 13.09.2024.

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* 1. Are you a Surrey Heath

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* 2. How often do you visit Surrey Heath for work or leisure

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* 3. How has reducing the one hour free parking to 30 minutes impacted your visit or business negatively

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* 4. If parking charges are introduced at Frimley Lodge Park, and or Lightwater Country Park how likely are you to continue visiting the parks for activities like dog walking, Park Run or football

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* 5. How would these parking restrictions affect your decision to shop or dine at local businesses?

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* 6. For local business owners: How do you anticipate these further parking restrictions will affect your business? (Select all that apply)

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* 7. Would you give your consent to be contacted about this survey and other local issues by Attieh Fard ?

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* 8. What is your name and email address?

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* 9. Do you support the call to reverse the parking restrictions introduced by Surrey Heath Borough Council set out in this survey?

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* 10. Do you have any further comment?

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* 11. Do you agree with the Liberal Democrat councillors that the increase in the car parking charges is justified as the tax payer should not pay for the costs of the maintenance and repair of the car parks but rather those who use the car parks?

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* 12. If you are a business, have you stopped using the Council’s car parks for long term car parking because of the increase in the car parking charges?

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