In a smaller centre there may be a case for a short free parking
period so that people who want to stop for a quick low value item are not penalised by having to pay for an hour?s parking.

If the car park has spare capacity then there may be a case for allowing all day parking (i.e. in excess of two hours) to fill otherwise unused bays. An example of this is Perry Vale car park.

However, again there is a need to consider other parking options for users.

In Perry Vale there is only a small CPZ so that many cars park on street. But Forest Hill station also offers all day parking so the level of charge there has also to be taken into account. Because all car parks except Holbeach in Catford are unstaffed, the tariff has to be
simple to understand.