manxli Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Hi This link was given in another forum for an online petition to the UK Gov. It need 100,000 hits, but is only 1000+ at the moment. Don't know if it'll come to anything, but here's the link: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/105748 Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spadge Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Have signed and the petition is up to 1250 as of now ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 1290 now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigrab1888 Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 1296 now, keep this up the top of the threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameswalshaw Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 1306 this needs to be done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 http://www.motorhomeparking.co.uk/aires.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek500 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Won't sign. Too draconian. France is motorhome heaven, but councils aren't 'compelled' to provide motorhome parking. I would sign a petition that fined people for calling a single aire 'an aires'!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spospe Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Now 1325 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernieC Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 1350 and counting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwendolyn Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 derek500 - 2015-09-03 9:29 AM Won't sign. Too draconian. France is motorhome heaven, but councils aren't 'compelled' to provide motorhome parking. I would sign a petition that fined people for calling a single aire 'an aires'!! Agree. And would add this: In the face of public service cuts, where front line services are being affected, providing aires will not be a priority for many people. For most people I daresay. Aire or keeping, as an example, a day care centre open? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peter James Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 British politics is such that planning decisions are handed to local authorities, - a nimbys charter than ensures nothing gets built unless it benefits locals. Unless its for the Government, then they force or bribe it through. Things like aires or new houses than benefit people who want to go there don't get through, because those currently living outside the electoral boundaries have no vote on the matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david lloyd Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Peter James - 2015-09-03 11:06 AM British politics is such that planning decisions are handed to local authorities, - a nimbys charter than ensures nothing gets built unless it benefits locals. Unless its for the Government, then they force or bribe it through. Things like aires or new houses than benefit people who want to go there don't get through, because those currently living outside the electoral boundaries have no vote on the matter. As someone who did successfully get their local authority to establish an aire in the town (after three years of discussions and the involvement of councillors, M.P.'s and, most importantly, members of this and other forums) I generally support the idea of UK Aires but have to disagree that it is local councils who stand in the way of them being established. It is in fact quite possible to state the case for Aires and my experience was that there are some very real issues to face such as how to write the Traffic Parking Orders that usually govern any council run parking area in such a way as to reassure the council and local residents that the area will not suffer abuse either by motorhomer said who do not observe the rules or respect the area or other groups of people who should not be occupying the space. Sadly, once all that had been achieved and the aire established, the council too the decision to end the scheme after two years due to the lack of use. Arguably, there were things the council could have done to try to improve usage such as signposting the route on all approach roads to the town but the real cause of its demise was purely lack of use by motorhomers. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Links to 2013 and 2014 ‘aires’ petitions https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/27376 https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/50323 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyg3nwl Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Hi , I wonder how many Aire fans responding to this, do so in the hopes of having Free overnight stops with facilities as opposed to just a place to park up for shopping . I have personally used the carparks of local garden centre , and had a meal in their restaurant on the way home, . another example again at a local garden centre when shopping for a replacement gas refil in their associated Camping shop. The central Carpark at Ringwood has a weight restriction of 3500 kg, and a hourly charge via the meter, but I i beleive that parking charges only apply during certain hours of day..certain overnight hours are not charged ..daytime parking is restricted duration 2 hours I beleive. there are convenient toilets nearby, no charges,, but No Overnight Camping , and no obvious fresh water fill or emptying point. There are several supermarkets around where there is usually parking space restricted duration for shoppers so I wonder why concentrate on a plea for Aires..would it not be a better idea to get supermarkets garden centres etc to cooperate and perhaps have 2 or 3 dedicated motorhome slots, perhaps with overnight permission on payment of a small fee. I can well remember the aggravation that my father had all those years ago to start his caravan site at Charmouth..WE DONT WANT THAT SORT OF PEOPLE HERE, SPOILING OUR VIEW, , yet now there are 4 or 5 sites in or close to the village, and the local traders welcome the summer visitors.. Aires , yes please, but what about CL, and CS , they already exist, why not support them or is it once again the thought of PAYING .not FREE, that makes the difference. tonyg3nwl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod_vw Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 It's risen to 1467 now, a long way to go but let's keep trying. I have read some of the 'Motorhomeparking' website document and gave up when there was a statement about the need to register an Aire as a campsite. If that's the case then all lorry parks, motorway services etc. would need the same planning consent and I guess they have not. We are talking about the same rules as France and Germany, a vehicle simply parked and slept in, nothing placed outside on the ground! Is that not what the motorway signs advocate 'Tiredness Kills, take a break'. If a lorry driver is out of hours that's just what he does, pulls into a convenient park, draws the curtains and sleeps just like we want to do. Yes I know the French and Germans bend the rules, awnings out, picnic chairs and tables on the grass etc. I'm in France now and have seen it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don636 Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Aires not for us. We prefer to camp in a nice campsite with facilities in the countryside rather than park up in close order rows in a car park in the middle of a town. I have seen these aires in France and they all look awful to me. Can't really understand what the attraction is unless it is just cost. Each to their own I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebishbus Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I do not understand this attitude of we never use one , or we only use the other. Why not take advantage of both. From choice we prefer Municipal no frills camp sites abroad, but will use Aires if they are more convenient for what we want to see. Brian B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 1523 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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