Verging on the ridiculous: Bemused Surbiton car owners fined £110 a day for parking on their own driveways

Bemused residents of a quiet Surbiton road have found themselves slapped with £110-a-day fines for parking on their own driveways.

Wardens started handing out tickets to cars parked behind six Cadogan Road houses last Friday, enraged motorists said. Tickets then appeared on cars on Saturday and Monday despite being parked on driveways. The concrete driveways, though they belong to houses in Cadogan Road, are actually in St Leonard’s Road.

But when the confused owners complained to Kingston Council they were told they they would have to talk to parking services and prove that they had not been parked illegally through an official system.

David Gilbert, 40, has come home from work to find a ticket on his black Audi three times. Project manager Mr Gilbert has lived in Cadogan Road for 14 years and claims he has never had any problems with parking on his property before.

The road does have permit holder only and paid for parking bay enforcement between 10am and 4pm Monday to Friday. Yellow lines have been painted in some parts of the road to stop people parking over driveways and in front of garages. The fine for parking on the lines or without a permit is £110, reduced to £55 if paid with 14 days.

A spokeswoman maintained the cars pictured are parked on the highway, not a driveway.

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