Residents have condemned "insensitive, unfair and inconsistent" behaviour after traffic wardens swooped on drivers parked near Warwick Castle during last Sunday's concert.
And Warwick District Council, which is in charge of parking, has also come under fire for poor signposting on the weekend of the event.
People living in Stratford Road were among those who received parking tickets during Sunday’s concert, when a t
eam of wardens targeted cars parked on pavements and verges in the street.
Resident Martin Greenwood was among those ticketed. He believes signs and bollards could have prevented illegal parking among concert-goers.
He said: “This was an insensitive, unfair and inconsistent action taken well after the event had started, hitting local residents indiscriminately without warning.”
Another resident Sandy Broad has written to the council to ask why wardens chose that particular night to ticket cars.
She added: “It was victimisation of visitors to Warwick. They encourage people to come to Warwick and go to concerts and as soon as they are all in there they slap tickets on their cars.
“It is as if they want to make money on the night there is a concert.”
Warwick District Council spokesman Richard Brooker said: “Parking enforcement is in force every day from 8am to 8pm all over the district.
“Parking on the pavement where restrictions such as yellow lines are in force is an offence. It can also cause access difficulties for blind, partially sighted or wheelchair users, as well as parents with buggies.
“In addition, restrictions are in force for good reason, usually to do with driver visibility on corners of road junctions etc.
“There is an appeals process if anyone who has received a fine feels that it has been issued incorrectly.”
Details of this are on the reverse of each document.”
The full article contains 307 words and appears in Warwick Courier newspaper.
