It seems that the consensus so far is that the ELL has disrupted those who live close to the station insofar as parking is concerned. I appreciate that once a CPZ has been established there is very little incentive for the local authority to (a) remove it; and (b) keep the charges down. However, I'm personally of the view that paying a sum each year to be able to park outside my house will be worth it. At the moment it's not a huge problem for us as we don't drive during the week so once our car is in position on Sunday night we're generally OK until we take it out at the weekend. However, we're expecting a child later on this year and a dread to think where my wife will have to park if she returns from a morning out as once commuters have parked in the morning they don't seem to move until the evening...

For those of you who have raised CPZs with Lewisham BC, how did you go about it?