Cardiff becomes first UK council to impose higher parking charges on larger vehicles

The council said they hoped the plan would ‘encourage drivers to switch to smaller vehicles’. Photograph: VCG/Getty

Cardiff council will force drivers with larger vehicles to pay more for parking, becoming the first local authority in the UK to impose a parking premium to combat the dangers of larger vehicles.

Councillors voted on Thursday to approve a new parking plan for the city whereby owners of larger vehicles will be charged more for parking permits because their cars “take up more parking space and are a danger to other road users”.