A shopkeeper who fought his town's new parking charges while battling cancer said he was "overwhelmed and humbled" after the community raised £10,000 to help pay his legal costs.

Daniel Adams, who runs Stationery House in Clevedon, took North Somerset Council to the High Court to try to restore free parking. He lost and was ordered to pay the council's legal costs.

He was going through a seventh round of chemotherapy for stage three bowel cancer when legal proceedings began in October, but said he could not wait as there was only a small window to launch a statutory review.

The ruling means he must make an interim payment of £15,000 this month, but he said community support had been "amazing".

During the hearing, held at the Bristol Civil Justice Centre in June, Adams argued that although the council had run a public consultation on the parking charges beforehand as required by law, it had given out the wrong reference number and had failed to read the objections he submitted.

Mrs Justice Steyn DBE said she would not overturn the parking charges as a result of this because she said his objections would not have changed the council's mind anyway.

However, as Adams did prove a breach, she said he should get a 10% discount on the council's legal costs, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

Following the result, Adams' wife Kelly launched the fundraiser.

She said: "This is something Daniel has felt strongly about as a local business owner and a long-time resident of Clevedon.

"He did this purely for the community and the local businesses - not for himself for any personal or financial gain or hero status."

She said the fine was going to affect their family "massively" and, with a young child to support, she turned to the community for help.

Kelly said her husband had fought stage three cancer, went through an urgent life-saving operation and a year of chemotherapy.

"He completed all his research during that time and never once thought of himself and how he felt," she added.

Adams said of the fundraiser: "I thought we might be lucky to get maybe £5,000, which would help.

"For it to have gone as far as it has done just shows the strength of community support in Clevedon."

The council had also planned to bring in on-street parking charges in Hill Road, Clevedon, and the surrounding area but backed down in April after Clevedon Town Council threatened legal action.

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