Westminster City Council physically removed the luxury vehicle from outside the Chancery Rosewood Hotel in Grosvenor Square as part of a crackdown on supercars being left in the street
A Saudi-registered Rolls Royce worth £230,000 has been towed away from where the owner illegally left it on a London square in a crackdown on supercar parking. Westminster City Council (WCC) has started physically removing supercars from Grosvenor Square in Mayfair after receiving complaints from local residents.
The council alleges that guests of the Chancery Rosewood Hotel, located on the site of the former US Embassy in Grosvenor Square, are illegally parking their vehicles on the pavement outside. Council officers report that the cars, which include brands like Lamborghini and Rolls Royce, are predominantly foreign registered, and Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) have so far been ineffective.
Images and footage depict a blue Saudi-registered Rolls Royce being towed away. Other vehicles parked on the pavement outside the hotel were voluntarily moved by their owners on Tuesday once council staff arrived.
A spokesperson for WCC stated: “The usual approach of issuing PCNs have proven to be ineffective. The vehicles are foreign registered so the chances of recovering the costs are virtually nil. And the owners of the vehicles, which include Rolls Royce and Lamborghini, are so wealthy that fines barely register.”
Councillor Max Sullivan, Cabinet Member for Streets, added: “Those on foot shouldn’t have to run a gauntlet of illegally, and selfishly, parked supercars when trying to walk around Westminster.
“That’s why we’ve used our relocation vehicle to physically move these cars out of the way. We will not tolerate dangerous pavement parking, whether it’s a Lime bike or a Lamborghini.”
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