Has anyone in the Taymount Rise area had a CPZ consultation letter recently then? I live on one of the roads off Taymount Rise and have had nothing for a couple of years. At the time I was pretty anti-CPZs thanks to my old borough taking the proverbial with theirs but since the Davids Road CPZ was put in place Taymount Rise and the road I'm in get absolutely rammed during the day.

Main culprits are people parking up and walking to the station, local Estate Agent cars and Sainsbury's staff. Don't get me wrong, I understand why they do it, it's the nearest free parking to their various destinations - if I was them I'd be heading here too.

I'm lucky in that I have a drive and a garage (one not full of junk, that we can actually get the car in) so a CPZ wouldn't affect me financially...and if it persuades some of my neighbours to use their drives rather than park on the road I'd be happy.

As for the cost, I know the increases sound large but even with the incresed prices Lewisham doesn't seem to rip you off half as much as most other local authorities who run these schemes. And you never know, they might even stump up some cash from the proceeds to resurface Taymount Rise, years after this was promised...