The Trustees
Pevensey Town Trust
Pevensey
Dear Trustees
Not having ever received a written response to my letter 30/01/17 and with only the unminuted outcomes of informal discussions upon which to base my understanding of the Trust’s current stance with regard to ongoing parking issues, it is with regret and a sense of intense disillusionment that I am compelled once again to raise the matter with you.
It has become apparent that visitors to Pevensey not only object vociferously to the unreasonable all day parking charge but they are also expressing a wish to address these complaints in a formal manner and I am therefore providing visitors with Mrs Molog’s email address as a point of reference to which they can direct their views in the hope that these opinions can finally be taken into account by Pevensey Town Trust.
In brief, and indeed should an even simpler summation of the facts be required despite the visual reference forwarded in my earlier letter, visitors are extremely disgruntled that the parking charge allows for one all day only option and many have confirmed that they are unlikely to make a return visit to Castle Cottage unless a fairer system is implemented that facilitates a shorter stay.
That Pevensey Town Trust is consciously thwarting the success of my small business is beginning to anger me in the extreme and whilst I might previously have intimated that an all day winter parking charge of £1.00 would be an acceptable compromise, upon reflection I must advise that this concession is now so far from being fair and reasonable that I have no alternative but to reject an offer which after all had not actually been sanctioned subsequent to usual voting protocol.
I have since been advised that the previous tenants of Castle Cottage felt similarly disadvantaged by the unreasonable parking levy and it distresses me in the extreme that Pevensey Town Trust still remains doggedly determined to undermine the efforts of those striving to re- establish a tearoom as a focal point within the local community.
Please also be advised that my staff and I are not prepared to supply visitors with change for your parking machine and I would request that a sign is erected making clear the fact that Castle Cottage is in no degree involved or associated with any matters pertinent to the parking charges and that the Tearoom is unable to provide limitless supplies of £1.00 coins.
Yours faithfully
Francesca Di Palma
Castle Cottage Tearoom
