BADSHOT Lea residents may have noticed there is now a permit system in place in St George’s car park.

Reported in the parish magazine of Badshot Lea and Hale, this is due to visitors to the area (or residents) with no connection to the church itself, parking continuously, over many years in the car park.

This has caused a huge amount of problems for the church and groups which hire its hall.

Groups have seen a decrease in memberships, due to the fact that people cannot park, whilst other groups have vacated the premises for somewhere with more space to park.

According the church members, “in terms of the church car park, church and hall users must always be our priority and so those who attend groups will be given permits as required.

“This should ensure that they can now park more easily. In addition to this, we are offering the car park free of charge to those who are dropping off or collecting children from Badshot Lea School during specific hours in term time”.