Taking away the free half hour's parking will make it ridiculously expensive to park for a short while to pick up prescriptions, help infirm passengers in and out of the health centre and pop into the kindergarten.  This will hit those struggling on small fixed incomes who are already finding it hard.

This is a mean-spirited proposal, which would generate trivial income to the Council.   It would hit local traders as shoppers will stop at the COOP down the road, with free parking, reducing footfall at that end of Freshwater Village.