Cllr Mike Bell

Town is a car park cash cow

CAR parking charges across Weston could be raised as part of a fundraising drive by the council.

The increase in charges, due to be discussed and possibly passed by North Somerset Council’s executive on Tuesday, would see some charges rise by as much as 25 per cent.

The proposals have led to complaints that the town is being used as a ‘cash cow’, with increa

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Car park increase – a ‘disgrace’

WESTON Town Council has united against proposals to raise car parking charges in the town.

At the authority’s meeting on Monday, councillors labelled North Somerset Council’s plans a ‘disgrace’.

It was also agreed that should the charges go up as planned, the town council may launch a judicial review on the basis they are discriminatory against the town’

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Trop demolition agreed – but group still wants to save it

After 11 years of dashed hopes, a decision to demolish the Tropicana was approved by executive councillors on Tuesday – to the disappointment of a group of businessmen who harboured hopes of developing the site.

Last month a North Somerset Council working party charged with finding an answer ruled there were no viable projects left on the table – and recommended demol

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