The arguments on fairness and inequity that had more recently been advanced by the Council were always spurious.
The other parts of the borough that voted to have CPZs in the past had voted in that way as they were persuaded by the local benefits they were told by the Council would follow. Those in favour of a CPZ for their area consented to paying for a permit in order to use the relevant parking zone; they also consented in the full knowledge that parking in other areas of the borough was not subject to a CPZ.
In fact, those that voted for a CPZ in particular areas voted for there to be an "inequity" across the borough and, we can assume as they were only voting in respect of their own areas, were not in reality concerned at the fact that parking was treated differently in different parts of the borough.
The "inequity" that was created by those voting in other areas of the borough for their own CPZs was then turned on its head by the Council more recently, with the result that those who in this area opposed the introduction of a CPZ were (until recently) to have this "benefit" forced on them on the basis that it was apparently now unfair for those who wanted the benefit of a CPZ (and were willing to pay for such benefit) to be the only recipients of it.
