Parking at Plough warning

[anchor]

The Plough has just introduced camera controlled parking which is free for their customers but costs ?4 for up to an hour for everyone else. This seems to be to deter the short term parking by people who visit the local shops, or collect children from St. Anthony's, for instance, but it was so handy (and appreciated) as often difficult to park in nearby streets. Now the car park will be empty during the greater part of the day when people are not eating/drinking at the Plough. Driving past it in search of a parking place elsewhere will annoy potential customers, not encourage them.

Even if you want to pay to park you can only pay by phone. Wonder what will happen with the Christmas trees sold for charity there as you have to park there to pick one up.

[ED Light]

With the service in that place, I?m surprised they have customers to lose

[KidKruger]

They gotta turn a profit somehow lol

[KalamityKel]

Good for them!

If you're not a customer of theirs and you see a "space" you shouldn't assume you have a right to park on what is actually private property.

[DulwichFox]

If it is Camera Controlled.. How does the Camera know you are a customer or not ???

Foxed

[ED Light]

If you?re not a customer you shouldn?t park there - agree to that

[DulwichFox]

ED Light Wrote:

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> If you?re not a customer you shouldn?t park there

> - agree to that

Yes..

But how does the Camera Know if you enter the pub or not. Or if you buy anything.

You enter the car Park. The Camera uses ANPR to register your registration and then what. ???

[exdulwicher]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> ED Light Wrote:

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> > If you?re not a customer you shouldn?t park

> there

> > - agree to that

>

> Yes..

>

> But how does the Camera Know if you enter the pub

> or not. Or if you buy anything.

> You enter the car Park. The Camera uses ANPR to

> register your registration and then what. ???

When you go to the bar, there's an iPad type thing there and you have to put your registration in. At least, I assume that's the case, it's how a similar place local to me operates but I've not been to The Plough. Other than to go to Sainsbury's there...

[anchor]

Yesterday there was a handwritten piece of paper put on the pub wall saying that you should give your car registration number inside the Plough. That appears to mean that every incoming vehicle numberplate will be logged somewhere and the staff of the Plough will then stop your particular vehicle from receiving a ticket.

Best keep receipts from any drink and food there just in case.

[Harry]

It can tell by the way you leave the car park

[TheArtfulDogger]