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HS permits and dispensations

On 11 Mar 2014 at 1:02pm Merlin Milner wrote:

I have had a list of the HS permits and dispensations from ESCC. It shows; Number of dispensations, issued to and comments.
7. Window cleaners. Valid to park in the Lewes controlled parking zones.
3. Sussex Wildlife Trust. Valid to park in Wheatsheaf Gardens only.
7. NSL. Issued to mobile patrol and other operational vehicles working in Lewes District and Eastbourne and Hastings boroughs.
38. Lewes District Council. Valid to park in Lewes District. Issued to officers who carry out work across the District.
49. East Sussex County Council (Highways department).
Valid to park in Lewes District and Eastbourne and Hastings boroughs. Issued to officers who regularly work on the highway.
25. East Sussex County Council contractors. Valid to park in Lewes District and Eastbourne and Hastings boroughs. Issued to contractors who carry out work on the highway.

On 11 Mar 2014 at 1:16pm Xplorer1 wrote:

Merlin, what does HS stand for, and what's your point?

On 11 Mar 2014 at 1:20pm Deelite 2 wrote:

There has been a lot of speculation that these permits have been issued people who shouldn't have them. Merlin is responding to the speculation.

Just a guess.

On 11 Mar 2014 at 1:36pm Merlin Milner wrote:

I said that I would find out about the permits. HS stands for High Street.

On 11 Mar 2014 at 2:22pm Local resident wrote:

Thanks Merlin. Did ESCC give an explanation how people not resident in the HS Zone are qualifying for a permit in it, as I still want to know how to get one. Thanks!

On 11 Mar 2014 at 3:12pm Merlin Milner wrote:

LR, I have asked the question.

On 11 Mar 2014 at 4:04pm Local Resident wrote:

Thanks!

On 11 Mar 2014 at 5:26pm Annette Curtin-Twitcher wrote:

Looks like you'll have to get a job on the council or start a window cleaning business, LR!

On 11 Mar 2014 at 9:11pm Border Control wrote:

Or marry a window cleaner, Annette !

On 12 Mar 2014 at 9:41am John Stockdale wrote:

Thanks, Merlin. You're more persistent than me. The exceptions you list seem sensible and modest. Care workers also get a limited number of daily permits and I think people with disabled badges can use them in the High Street too. Not a deal clinching reason for marriage IMO but ACT may think otherwise.

On 12 Mar 2014 at 12:50pm mike wrote:

Yes I think they're pretty reasonable exceptions to the rule.

On 13 Mar 2014 at 12:22pm Parker knowles wrote:

Actually, I think that 90 365 days a year permits for Council employees does demand a little bit more scrutiny. If those 90 people are all using their passes every working day in Lewes, that is a vast number. I presume it is not as simple as that, but there are also LDC and ESCC car parks and staff parking that do not need permits. So I am a little more curious that others to know exactly how they are being used. Let us all remember that it is ESCC who were/still are helping out their own employees with advice about where to park in Lewes, creating problems for residents outside zones and allegedly ran/are sell running a shuttle bus too.
We want the Councils to be able to do their job, but unfortunately their record on parking has not won either Council the privilege of trust.