Wild overnight parking- Scotland

Forgot photo, lol....just a simple parking area, plenty for many MHers requirements for a few days, these things don't have to be particularly over the top.

Ruffs you make some very good points, and far more importantly you make them from someone (and your local community) who is actually affected rather than passing MHs. 

If these are to be provided then it should be people and communities like yourself that have the final say not people who come and go and expect private car parks and churches to provide and/or spend money to adapt them. Like you I don't think much money is spent locally anyway. 

I can't think of many churches certainly in the north est and west, and other tourist spots we've been to (including Italy) who car parks lare empty apart from Sundays. There's usually a parish centre, attached school and cemeteries. Certainly round here. There was a MH about ten years ago who took up four spaces at our church which was well used by the school. The parish priest just chained up one wheel with a note to say he wanted a £20 donation to remove it. The MHers said they would call the police and he said fine I'll be out in about an hour after the school mass. They paid up! 

Like I said you see far more than one passing MH and the effects they can have for the local community so you and they should have the final say, and it does, sadly, only take one MH to spoil the reputation for all.

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Cornwall has been similarly affected by the inconsiderate element amongst motorhomers with the result that many restrictions are now in place. I know of one local MH-er who persuaded the Council to talk about overnight provision in car parks and it was looking promising. Then local elections came along and councillors became more interested in hanging onto their seats and the MH overnighting issue fizzled out.

I think Devon has probably made more headway with several local councils, particularly South Hams, allowing overnighting in certain car parks. 

Yes I think that's as it should be, local people getting to say yes or no. 

It’s a shame the Cornish effort never really got the research or debating time it deserved. My instinct is that local Council Tax payers may well have been happy to see the issue controlled and contained rather than continue with a 'problem' element in their midst. Even if I’m wrong and opinion had gone the other way, at least it would have been a local democratic decision.

I have just spent the day in a Cotswold town. I arrived at 1045L, the available motorhome parking places were full. Some had obviously been there overnight from the conversation I had with the parking attendant. I was directed to an overflow area a little further out from the centre but still within easy walking distance of the centre. I paid £5 to park all day and spent about £75 on coffees, lunch, ice creams and groceries.

That is £75 plus the parking fee that businesses will never get in your area Rufs. The same will apply to any area that does not wake up to the boom in motorhome/campervan ownership.

peedee

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"That is £75 plus the parking fee that businesses will never get in your area Rufs. The same will apply to any area that does not wake up to the boom in motorhome/campervan ownership."

dont need it peedee, just come back from swimming so passed thru Lee-on-the-Solent,

at least 4 ice cream parlours all heaving, fun fair on the green on the sea front heaving, local pub on the sea front heaving, all the car parks looked full, no MH's bogging 2 bays, well they cant get in so no problem, i counted just 2 MH's parked on the prom, it was 24 degs today, Solent like a mill pond

seriously peedee, i dont think local businessess have missed out, or i would have heard them screaming.