Furious sticker vigilante leaves foul-mouthed fake tickets on cars telling motorists they have ‘parked like a c***’ amid row over drivers leaving their vehicles in residential areas

• The rude stickers were left on cars parked in Ashton Gate, Bristol, on Monday
• It comes amid an ongoing row about drivers parking in the area on match days 

A furious vigilante is leaving rude fake parking tickets on cars parking along residential streets.

The notices were stuck to windscreens of vehicles parked in Ashton Gate, Bristol, before a Bristol City v Middlesbrough football match on Monday, which had 21,000 fans in attendance. 

The stickers read: ‘You’ve parked like a c*** – do not do it again. Warning. The person who ‘parked’ this vehicle doesn’t give a s*** about other people, the selfish b******’.

It comes after an anonymous Twitter account was set up at the start of the season to highlight the worst instances of bad parking in the area, with increasing pressure on Bristol City Council to address the problem.

Labour councillor Mark Bradshaw last month also urged the council to crack down on bad parking and told police to ‘do some match day enforcement’.

The fake tickets were stuck to windscreens of cars parked in Ashton Gate, Bristol, before a Bristol City v Middlesbrough football match on Monday this week which had 21,000 fans in attendance

The stickers read: ‘You’ve parked like a c*** – do not do it again. Warning. The person who ‘parked’ this vehicle doesn’t give a s*** about other people, the selfish b******’

There has been a stalemate between Ashton Gate and Bristol City Council over who should pay for a matchday parking scheme ever since the Ashton Gate Stadium was redeveloped in 2010.

At the time, there was a condition that the company which oversees Bristol City FC would set up and pay for a matchday parking scheme if the club was promoted to the Premier League or if three games out of any consecutive five saw crowds of over 25,000 fans.

But the plan faltered after the Covid pandemic saw a drop in stadium attendance and pressure from residents eased off.

However, in a move intended to assuage residents’ anger, the stadium’s new ‘Sporting Quarter’ project will see a 536-space mutli-storey car park built nearby, alongside a new 5,000-capacity indoor sports and convention centre, a 232-room hotel, 125 flats, gym, museum and offices.

Bristol City Council awarded planning permission for the Sporting Quarter but left issues like the knock-on effect on residents parking to be the subject of a series of planning conditions to be negotiated out in negotiations between the stadium bosses and the council’s planning officers.

There has been a stalemate between Ashton Gate and Bristol City Council over who should pay for a matchday parking scheme ever since the Ashton Gate Stadium was redeveloped in 2010

At the time, there was a condition that the company which oversees Bristol City FC would set up and pay for a matchday parking scheme if the club was promoted to the Premier League or if consecutive games saw crowds of over 25,000 fans

When planning officers produced their report recommending the Sporting Quarter be given planning permission in October 2022, they said: ‘Members are advised that negotiations are currently taking place between parties in relation to a variation to this existing S106 obligation for Ashton Gate Stadium.

‘It is proposed that this will require an additional clause to also include SCC attendance figures if an event at the SCC is concurrent with an event at the stadium and the combined total attendances trigger Ashton Gate Limited’s current S106 obligation.

‘A similar planning obligation in this respect is also required in relation to the proposed development. Discussions are currently taking place regarding the exact details and wording of both obligations but at the time of writing this report this has not been agreed and finalised

‘In principle, these obligations are considered to provide adequate protection against any unacceptable additional impact on local parking issues that may result from the additional vehicle movements associated with the proposed SCC development and negate the immediate need for a Residents Parking Scheme. 

‘Members are advised that legal opinion given to Officers in relation to this matter indicates that this is in principle a viable solution but that it cannot be confirmed at this stage.’

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