A small housing estate in a leafy Stockport village has been in the shadow of an ‘eyesore’ for more than 10 years - and fed up residents have had enough.
02.08.2023 - 07:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Drivers who have forked out £1,250 to park next to their city centre homes have now been hit by a ‘massive’ £1,000 price hike.
Residents living in the Novella building, on the New Bailey estate in Salford, claim that they ‘were sold’ their flats on the premise of having a half-price ‘residents’ permit’ to park in the NCP car park next door. But now some say the huge hike in the annual cost to park their cars mean they are having to think of selling their vehicles.
And this comes despite some claiming that their cars have been broken into - with one resident alleging they were told all but two of the CCTV cameras in the multi-storey car park were 'fake'. One resident has told the M.E.N. they ‘are being hit from both sides’.
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“There’s a residents’ permit scheme for certain postcodes across the city, it’s half price compared to a workers’ permit. I emailed to renew mine and they came back and said it’s been scrapped,” explained Chris, who declined to provide his surname.
The residents’ permit did cost £1,250 per year but they say the next cheapest option after it was axed is £1,000 more expensive — at around £2,200 per annum. To make matters worse, Chris has been the victim of car crime while using the Stanley Street NCP.
“I always used to go in Stanley Street but my car got broken into in January,” the 25-year-old continued. “Then I started using New Bailey as it has a security office inside.
“They broke my window and put a dent in my door. It cost £650 in total to fix.
“The police contacted NCP and there were cameras above my car but NCP said they were fake. They said the only real ones are those going and out of the car park.”
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