Hi Ed,
It was a quiet Saturday - as stated in the article and in the original press release. It was half term (when many families go away) and during the rugby (with many people watching indoors).
You are right about the hours and capacity. Two hours isn't all day and capacity is different depending on several variables. I've had an email from a resident of another part of the borough who sometimes comes to the comedy or music club at the George IV who needs nearby parking as his wife is disabled. He says if he couldn't park in that car park, having to drop off his wife then find a space in a side road is the kind of irritation that might deter them from coming here. He adds that the spaces tend to be pretty full on the nights these shows are on.
So, the car park has a longer spending day than I allowed for in my calculation. Even if it's not full in the evening, it is still productive beyond the hours I allowed for. Perhaps that balances the inadequacies of using a snapshot view of two hours on a quiet Saturday.
I found the range of purchases very interesting. It didn't include anyone buying a heavy/bulky painting or fragile piece of art from a gallery; or a kitchen, not just the appliances; or soft furnishings, whether for one room or a whole flat or house; or, indeed, visited an estate agent and bought a flat or a house. Taking an imaginary walk along Chiswick High Road for a reasonable distance from the car park shows what else might have been bought, from low value to high.
The point is, each space has a significant economic value to our local retail and hospitality, service and leisure economy. I'd never describe any benefit, or loss, to them as negligible.
It also has a value to Hounslow. The last driver who spoke to me laughed out loud when I told him I was calculating the car park's value to Hounslow. He had been a parking enforcement officer in Chiswick for 14 years and said he knew exactly how valuable this car park is to Hounslow’s budget. He said in one year it was the highest revenue car park in the country and Google proves him right: [https://www.hammersmithtoday.co.uk/#!pages/chiswickw4:info:conparking093]
Importantly, Chiswick isn't an NCP style shopping centre. The variety here is different and exceptional; it attracts customers from well beyond our boundaries. I'd like to keep it that way and, for many, that means making parking easy.
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| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 26/02/23 15:02:00 | Una-Jane Winfield |
| Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 26/02/23 15:10:00 | Adrian Irving |
| Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 26/02/23 16:18:00 | Margot Crowther |
| Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 26/02/23 16:57:00 | Ed Saper |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 26/02/23 17:06:00 | Russell Pearson |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 26/02/23 18:19:00 | Joanna Biddolph |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 26/02/23 19:44:00 | Ed Saper |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 26/02/23 20:13:00 | Stewart Jones |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 26/02/23 21:03:00 | Mandy Waters |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 27/02/23 17:03:00 | Claire Moran |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 26/02/23 21:21:00 | Joanna Biddolph |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 26/02/23 22:49:00 | Ed Saper |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 26/02/23 23:43:00 | Joanna Biddolph |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 27/02/23 00:50:00 | Peter Evans |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 27/02/23 05:28:00 | Adrian Irving |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 27/02/23 08:20:00 | Francis Rowe |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 27/02/23 09:37:00 | Jonathan Simpson |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 27/02/23 13:34:00 | Mark Talbot |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 27/02/23 13:57:00 | Mark Evans |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 27/02/23 15:14:00 | Mark Talbot |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 27/02/23 15:21:00 | Andrew Jones |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 27/02/23 15:34:00 | Mark Evans |
| Re: Mark Talbot | 27/02/23 18:44:00 | Richard Cathcart |
| Richard Cathcart | 27/02/23 23:36:00 | Mark Talbot |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 28/02/23 00:36:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 27/02/23 17:01:00 | Claire Moran |
| Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 27/02/23 17:56:00 | Andrew Jones |
| Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 27/02/23 20:17:00 | Stewart Jones |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 27/02/23 20:25:00 | Jayne Thorburn |
| Parking, "statistics" and what other countries do. | 28/02/23 08:03:00 | Francis Sheehan |
| Re:Parking, "statistics" and what other countries do. | 28/02/23 09:34:00 | Andrew Jones |
| Re:Parking, "statistics" and what other countries do. | 28/02/23 11:02:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Parking, "statistics" and what other countries do. | 28/02/23 12:18:00 | Joanna Biddolph |
| Re:Re:Parking, "statistics" and what other countries do. | 28/02/23 19:15:00 | Hans Lund-Sorensen |
| Re:Re:Parking, "statistics" and what other countries do. | 01/03/23 08:01:00 | Francis Sheehan |
| Re:Re:Re:Parking, "statistics" and what other countries do. | 01/03/23 08:27:00 | Matthew Swain |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Parking, "statistics" and what other countries do. | 01/03/23 09:01:00 | Jeremy Parkinson |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 01/03/23 14:29:00 | Paul Scullion |
| Re:Re:Who's behind it? | 01/03/23 17:06:00 | Adrian Irving |
| Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 06/03/23 15:02:00 | Simon Mcquiggan |
| Re:Re:Threatened Parking Spaces 'Generate £15,000 a Day' for Local Retailers | 06/03/23 15:26:00 | Francis Rowe |