I have been following correspondence about parking charges and limitations outside motorway service stations and how this restricts people spending time and money there. We have a local restaurant and the car park owners have recently introduced pay and display parking outside. Users of the restaurant can get a refund as they place their first order. I understand why, it's to stop shoppers or workers using it during the day as a free car park. All this is fine, but there is a time limit of three hours. A colleague felt compelled to curtail her evening out with friends there as her parking time was running out. How much business does the restaurant lose with this??