Westminster Council to Charge for Parking Based on Vehicle CO2 Emissions

Published on January 30, 2024

Westminster City Council has announced that new parking charges will come into effect this spring, with vehicles charged primarily based on their level of CO2 emissions. The least polluting vehicles will be paying the least and the most polluting the most, in a payment restructure by the central London local authority. The changes will be implemented from March 18 for pay-to-park permits and from April 1 for resident permits. The schemes aim to “encourage the use of low-polluting vehicles” and to “nudge” drivers who park regularly in Westminster, a council with some of the highest carbon emissions and worst air quality of any national local authority....

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