Call for parking fees at Leeds parks to end after ‘chaos’

Drivers leaving their vehicles on residential streets to avoid new parking charges are causing “chaos”, a councillor has said.

Leeds City Council introduced fees to use the car parks at its public parks, including Otley Chevin, Temple Newsam, Middleton Park, Golden Acre Park and Roundhay Park, last year.

The Conservative group on the council has said it opposes the policy and believe it could be putting off visitors to beauty spots.

Its leader Alan Lamb said: “Every pound that’s going into the parking machines is a pound not going into local independent businesses.”