Sir, Local councils legitimately charge quite hefty fees if anyone seeks to occupy half-a-dozen square metres of the public highway for a useful purpose, such as selling hot-dogs or sun hats.
Why should local residents, who desire to clutter up that same highway obstructively with a ton or two of private metal and plastic, demand that it be an inalienable human right for them to do so free, gratis, and for nothing? Why should the rest of us be expected to subsidise car owners' nuisance value by letting them obstruct the Queen's Highway for free or even for a paltry £40 a year? Why not charge all of them throughout the country the full commercial rental value for land in their particular area?
Hubert Allen, Old Marston
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