Business owners, cafe workers, and seaside visitors say it would be like “robbery” if council plans to bring in hourly charges for three free car parks go ahead. The uproar comes after it was revealed that one coastal and two harbour town parking areas could become pay-and-display. Free parking on the Isle of Sheppey – at the Little Oyster in Minster and the library and Park Road car parks, both in Queenborough – could be scrapped because Swale council says it needs to find “additional savings, efficiencies and revenue” to balance its books. But Little Oyster Tea Room cook, Marilyn Ward, has s…
