Thank you all for supporting this petition. Almost 1,200 people signed already. Please keep sharing it with as many people as possible.

In addition to the petition and to put more pressure on the council please also object to the council directly  by sending an email with the reason(s) of your objection to the 'Director of Communities' at 'TMO@kingston.gov.uk' - quoting reference 'KingMap0023' and please cc 'kingstoncpz@gmail.com' so we can keep track of communications and of numbers. 

Here an example email - of course you can give your own reason for objection too: 

Dear director of communities,

RE: KingMap0023

I hereby strongly object to the council's plan to change and vary the parking charges of parking permits for residents because: 

• It is discriminating to target a specific group of car users only for the purpose of reducing air pollution
• CPZs aren't made to reduce air pollution or to change people's driving behaviour but they are there to prevent commuters and shoppers that come to Kingston to park their cars in residential areas
• People having a residential parking permit tend to use their car less frequent locally so they shouldn't be punished
• Parked cars don't cause pollution and one should target driving cars 
• Revenue from a parking scheme can only be used to maintain the scheme itself and not for other purposes
• Quadrupling prices is thievery
• Why do residents that don't need a parking permit and that have a higher emission vehicle not get charged?
• Why do all higher emission cars, vans and lorries that visit or pass Kingston including commuters and shoppers not get charged for pollution?
   

Best regards,

John Doe
123 High Street
Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1AB