Borough of Westminster is the CAPITAL for illegally parked super cars: council dishes out three times more fines than CARDIFF in the last six years with tickets on 81 percent of country’s Bugattis and 64 percent of Lamborghinis
- Flash cars fined for bad parking in Westminster more than anywhere else in UK
- Bugattis, Rolls Royces, Lamborghinis and Bentley were left illegally in capital
- In last six years, central London collected 81 per cent of UK’s fines on Bugattis
- Between 2016 and 2021, Westminster Council handed out over 1.4 million tickets
More flash supercars are fined for bad parking in Westminster than anywhere else in the UK, a recent study has found.
Bugattis, Rolls Royces, Lamborghinis, Aston Martins and Bentleys parked inconsiderately in central London have made it a hotspot for parking fines.
Westminster Council handed out over 1.4 million tickets between the 2016 and 2021 period – more than three times as many penalty notices as Cardiff.
The number of fines given out is only exceeded by fines collected in the entire city of Manchester.
Over the last six years, the borough has collected 81 per cent of the country’s fines on Bugattis and 71 per cent of fines for Rolls Royces.
More flash supercars are fined for bad parking in Westminster than anywhere else in the UK, a recent study has found. Pictured: Ferrari supercar parked on single yellow line near Harrods gets impounded
Bugattis, Rolls Royces, Lamborghinis, Aston Martins and Bentleys parked inconsiderately in central London have made it a hotspot for parking fines. Pictured: Wardens tackle supercars parked illegally in Westminster, London
Westminster Council handed out over 1.4 million tickets between the 2016 and 2021 period – This was more than three times as many penalty notices as Cardiff (file image)
The number of fines given out is only exceeded by fines collected in the entire city of Manchester. Pictured: Wardens tackle supercars parked illegally in Westminster, London
It also had 64 per cent on Lamborghinis, 36 per cent on Aston Martins and 46 per cent on Bentleys.
A Westminster Council spokesperson said: ‘Westminster is home to a large number of supercars.
‘And owning a luxury or high-performance vehicle does not offer an exemption from our parking rules.
‘The council has acted following complaints from residents and business owners about these vehicles parking illegally and in an inconsiderate manner.’
It follows 428 Freedom of Information requests uncovering more than 22.5 million pieces of data from 141 councils.
Westminster council makes up for 7 per cent of fines across 141 UK councils – with 88 per cent more charges than the average individual council (file image)
Westminster council makes up for 7 per cent of fines across 141 UK councils – with 88 per cent more charges than the average individual council.
This is despite Westminster, covering an area of 21km square, accounting for less than 0.09 per cent of the country’s landmass.
Westminster’s Parking Service is the largest troop in Europe, providing over 47,000 parking spaces and patrolling 1,990 streets and 600 miles of kerbside.
Councils invest surplus funds from fines into council schemes such as transport for children and adults in social services.
It exceeds those of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast, alongside the counties of Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire and Cornwall.
Westminster’s Parking Service is the largest troop in Europe, providing over 47,000 parking spaces and patrolling 1,990 streets and 600 miles of kerbside (file image)
Westminster council was reported to make £140 a minute last year in parking fines, taking in £74.4million from charges in 2019-20.
This news comes as parking fines will be slashed from £100 to £50 as part of a long-awaited crackdown on ‘cowboy’ private firms.
Under a Parking Code of Practice being unveiled by ministers earlier this month, ruthless wardens will also be forced to give drivers a ten-minute ‘grace period’ for overstaying their ticket.
A simpler and fairer independent appeals process will be created to give more motorists the benefit of the doubt in cases involving honest mistakes or situations outside of their control.
These will include where drivers accidentally key in a wrong digit when typing their number plate into ticket machines, not displaying their valid ticket correctly or overstaying due to breaking down.