A CONTROVERSIAL parking system could be introduced in a village car park near Winchester
It comes after the parish council say they want to stamp down on the level of parking the Recreation Ground off Main Road in Colden Common
Now the council has made contact with a firm called Parking Eye, who use cameras which recognise number plates.
Parking Eye has previously come under fire for operating the car park in Leisure World Southampton, where users had recieved letters weeks from the company, and say they were unaware that their vehicles were being filmed.

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In an information email to residents in the area, Colden Common Parish Council stated: "The Parish Council will be considering this matter in the coming months and would welcome your feedback at this early stage. The model currently being researched is a number plate recognition system which would issue an enforceable fine should a car use the car park for an extended period. The “free” parking period has not been discussed in any detail but is likely to be 3-4 hours. Parking Eye would install the system free of charge and enforce and collect any fines. 
"The Parking Eye system is able to accept a “whitelist” of cars which would be exempt from any maximum time restrictions and the system can be turned off on special days such as community events or local/general elections."
"The Parish Council is aware that some local residents along Main Road use the car park for residential parking. The Council is mindful that to stop residential parking would mean exacerbating the parking issues along roads such a New Road and this will be a consideration. The Parish Council would welcome you views, ideas and opinions and ask that you get in touch with initial comments."
Colden Common Parish Council Chairman Richard Izard said he believes the car park needs to be managed properly.
He said he regularly sees the car park full, yet no-one using the recreation ground which deters people from using the facilities due parking problems."
Cllr Izard said: "Hopefully this will deter the people that should not be parking in the Recreation Ground. 
Parking is a problem wherever, but what we are trying to do is make sure that the right people are using the car park."
The car park is owned by the Recreation Ground Charity and the Parish Council, but the resolution will be made by the council.
The issue will be discussed in the next parish council meeting on October 3.