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Beachgoers will now have to pay at a coastal car park – just one week after proposed parking fees were scrapped at others nearby. A decision was made by Swale council’s community committee to implement charges at the Ship on Shore car park on Sheppey in March last year. The site, off Marine Parade, Sheerness, temporarily closed three weeks later and has not reopened since. Since then, resurfacing and relining work has been carried out. A pay machine has also been installed. Now complete, it means drivers will now have to pay from Monday to Sunday – including public holidays – from 6am to midni…

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