The town hall is set to introduce emissions based parking charges. - Credit: PA Archive/PA Images The town hall has been urged not to break "a promise" by charging people for their first parking permit. Councillors were urged to reconsider Newham's plan to introduce an emissions based charge at a council meeting on Monday, December 14. Resident Liam Adam said: "One argument made about [the council's] new tax is that every other borough has a similar charge. "The main problem: the other boroughs didn't make a promise to residents that the first car permit would always be free. "You can all pretend that was a previous council, but the vast majority of Newham residents, who own a car, don't see it that way.