Tags: Parking
Council votes to continue giving worshippers free parking
Posted: Tue, 23 Jan 2018
The NSS has criticised a council in Surrey which has decided to continue exempting worshippers from parking charges. Read More »
Car park charges “threaten” Christians, according to church leaders
Posted: Wed, 14 Jan 2015
Christian groups have responded angrily to plans by Edinburgh Council to abolish free parking on Sunday mornings. Read More »
Newcastle Council gives church-goers parking permit at a nominal fee
Posted: Tue, 18 Feb 2014
Newcastle City Council has announced that it will not proceed with its plan to completely withdraw free Sunday parking permits from churches in the city centre, despite it raising parking charges for everyone else. Read More »
Woking Council issue 'clarification' on worshippers’ parking policy
Posted: Thu, 08 Aug 2013
Woking Borough Council has issued a 'clarification' on its policy that grants car parking exemptions to religious groups. The move follows the threat of legal action from the National Secular Society. Read More »
NSS launch legal challenge to worshippers' free parking permits
Posted: Sun, 02 Jun 2013
A legal challenge has been launched against Woking Borough Council's policy of offering free parking to worshippers while charging everyone else. Read More »
Churches furious at plans to introduce Sunday parking charges
Posted: Mon, 11 Mar 2013
Church leaders in Carmarthenshire have reacted angrily to local authority plans to scrap free Sunday parking. Read More »
Woking council to proceed with discriminatory 'free parking for faith groups' policy
Posted: Fri, 20 Jul 2012
Councillors in Woking have officially adopted a controversial new policy statement which gives free parking concessions to members of the faith community. Read More »
Woking Council determined to keep free parking for “faith groups” only
Posted: Mon, 11 Jun 2012
Woking Borough Council in Surrey is to consider extending its policy of offering free parking to churchgoers to include those attending places of worship of other religions. Read More »
Parking privileges for churches challenged in Nottingham
Posted: Thu, 19 Jan 2012
Last year, Nottingham City Council decided to introduce charges for on-street parking on Sundays and evenings in the city. As soon as the councillors announced their intention, the city centre churches began demanding exemptions. Read More »
