“Someone has to pay for the upkeep and security of central carparks, hence the parking changes;

Petrol taxes/profits etc do not go to either shops or carpark owners;

Most carparks are privately run with no direct association with a shop or shops;

Most carparks are used by people not using the shops;

Where supermarkets own and run their own carparks, they do so for the convenience of their own customers;”