As I said before on this thread, allowing a free parking period of 1 or 2 hours in the Perry Vale car park would benefit those wanting to use local facilities while still requiring those who want to park for the railway station to pay.

You can see the effect of free parking or charging by comparing our two local Sainsburys. The one at Bell green with free parking is always busy, while the one on London Road is comparatively quiet.

I've no doubt that the restrictive parking deters people from shopping locally.